Name: Sunday matinee in May
Start: 2026-05-03T11:30:00
Location: Staatstheater Mainz

Erika le Roux

Lajos Rézmüves

Marcel Puig Castells

Staatstheater Mainz

Wine, women, and good food—life could be so simple. At least, if it were up to Sir John Falstaff, who is always on the lookout for new pleasures. But when the coffers are empty, the hunter becomes careless: Falstaff sends wooing letters to two married women, but makes the tactical error of making the letters identical except for the salutation. He doesn't expect the two women he's courting, Alice Ford and Meg Page, to be friends, which includes a conversation about the unexpected mail. As soon as the women discover the transparent scam, they start plotting to stop the supposed suitor. Especially since they can also use the opportunity to save Alice's daughter Nannetta from being married, at her father's request, to a man Nannetta can't stand. The only thing to watch out for is the jealous stalking of Ford's husband.

Falstaff

A young man trembles feverishly in his sleep amid the ruins of a dilapidated, isolated stable on the outskirts of a small town in Limerick. When he awakens, he sees the ghost of a woman comforting him with an old German melody...

Refuge (UA)

Seven times this season, members of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra and guests will perform Sunday matinees in the foyer of the Grand Hall. Here, various ensembles cultivate the rich genre of chamber music and present works of their own choosing – from great classics to rare chamber music works.