Name: Staatsstreicher & Thomas de Maizière
Start: 2025-06-11T19:30:00
Location: Löwensaal

In June 2025, Berlin will be a hub of musical diversity, featuring performances that span recitals, orchestral endeavors, and choral magnificence. Key events include Elīna Garanča's song recital at the State Opera Unter den Linden, the innovative Sustainable Listening session, and the vibrant choral performances in the Apollo Hall. With contributions from renowned artists and orchestras, these events promise to highlight the richness of Berlin's musical heritage and its contemporary innovations.

Exploring Berlin's Musical Landscape: From Recitals to Orchestral Masterpieces

Dresdner Musikfestspiele

Staatskapelle Berlin

Staatsstreicher

Violists of the Staatskapelle Berlin one and all, the »Staatsstreicher« – we leave it up to you whether you prefer to translate this pun as »State String Players« or »putschists« – enjoy their occasional forays into other genres. On these excursions, they regularly work with prominent reciters, most of them also moonlighting far from their main professions. Today’s concert focuses on the main work of the (fictitious) author Ernst von Pidde (1877-1966), judge at a district court in his day job. His posthumous book »Richard Wagners ›Ring des Nibelungen‹ im Lichte des deutschen Strafrechts« (Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung considered under the aspect of German Criminal Law) offers a relentless assessment of Wagner’s tetralogy, which is revealed as a conglomerate of serious crimes. 

Staatsstreicher & Thomas de Maizière

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