Name: Tristan and Isolde
Start: 2025-06-29T17:00:00
Location: Theater Lübeck

Theater Lübeck presents an eclectic array of performances, spanning genres from orchestral to chamber music, and exploring themes from love and desire to historical reflection. With events such as 'The Merry Widow,' 'The Passenger,' and 'Semele,' alongside a New Year's Concert and the unique 'Music4all,' this season promises to enthrall audiences with its rich tapestry of narratives and sounds. Join us as we delve into these captivating performances, each offering a unique experience that transcends traditional boundaries and celebrates artistic diversity.

A Year of Diverse Musical Journeys: Theater Lübeck's Extravaganza

Theater Lübeck invites you on a captivating musical journey through an eclectic lineup of performances. With a rich blend of genres ranging from timeless musicals like 'The Merry Widow' to compelling new compositions like 'The Passenger', this season promises to appeal to diverse audiences. Acclaimed artists and conductors breathe life into these stories, infusing each performance with charm and depth. Discover themes of love, desire, and moral dilemmas as Theater Lübeck delves into the human experience through the power of music and storytelling.

Exploring Theater Lübeck's Diverse Musical Journey

Theater Lübeck is set to host a captivating array of events that promise to resonate deeply with audiences. From the charming escapades of 'The Merry Widow' to the poignant narrative of 'The Passenger,' each performance offers a unique artistic experience. With a blend of classic and contemporary works, including musical interpretations such as 'Semele' and 'Tristan and Isolde,' the theater invites you to delve into stories that explore love, desire, and the human condition. Join us as we dive into the details of these exceptional performances and the artists who bring them to life.

A Grand Theatrical Journey: Exploring Theater Lübeck's Upcoming Events

Theater Lübeck is set to enchant audiences with a diverse lineup of performances going into 2025. From the romantic entanglements of 'The Merry Widow' and the mythological allure of 'Semele', to the timeless love story of 'Tristan and Isolde', each offering promises to captivate. With dramatic operas like 'Lucia of Lammermoor' and the whimsical comedy of 'Bidla Buh', the season is rich with variety. Not to be overlooked are the orchestral and chamber concerts, showcasing the brilliance of Mozart and Brahms, along with a special treat for young audiences aboard 'The Trans-Siberian Ghost Train'.

Theater Lübeck Unveils a Captivating Season: From Classic Musicals to Innovative Symphonies

As the curtains rise at Theater Lübeck, audiences are treated to an eclectic blend of musicals and orchestral performances that promise to captivate the soul. From the romantic entanglements of 'The Merry Widow' and 'Tristan and Isolde' to the innovative twists in dance with 'The Fleeting Moment', the season is a celebration of artistic diversity. With an array of talented performers and creative works, the events offer a perfect escape into the world of timeless stories and melodies.

Exploring the Theatrical Tapestry of Lübeck: A Season of Musical Marvels

Theater Lübeck opens the stage for a captivating lineup of events that promises to enthrall audiences with a diverse array of musical and theatrical performances. From classic operas like 'Tristan and Isolde' and 'Lucia of Lammermoor' to the evocative dance pieces in 'The Fleeting Moment' and the whimsical 'Trans-Siberian Ghost Train,' this season offers something for everyone. Not to mention the special tribute concert to honor Thomas Mann's 150th birthday, and the showcase of young talents in the soloists' concert. Join us as we delve deeper into these artistic offerings.

A Season of Musical Encounters at Theater Lübeck

Stefan Vladar

Ric Furman

Rúni Brattaberg

Lena Kutzner

Steffen Kubach

Noah Schaul

Marlene Lichtenberg

Viktor Aksentijevic

Jan-Michael Krüger

Sören Sarbeck

Stephen Lawless

Falk Hampel

Frank Philipp Schlößmann

Theater Lübeck

Every theater is its own little cosmos, with its diverse professions, workshops, processes, and rituals. To ensure that the curtain can rise on the premiere after six weeks of rehearsals, many people are at work behind the scenes.

Public theater tour

While "Don Giovanni" is being performed in the opera house, the real show takes place in the wine cellar next door – here, the poet Hoffmann entertains his customers with his fantastic tales in which people turn out to be machines, singing can be fatal, and mysterious figures seek to rob him of his reflection. The hidden core of every story: his relationship with the singer Stella, who is also on stage as Donna Anna in the opera. The longer the evening goes on, the crazier the stories become, until Hoffmann finally threatens to lose touch with reality...

Hoffmann's Tales Les contes d'Hoffmann

In his play "Birthday Candles," American playwright Noah Haidle spins a thread of life on which birthdays (some more, some less solemnly celebrated) are strung like pearls on a necklace. 100 years of life – 100 birthday cakes that Ernestine bakes each year according to her mother's recipe as she searches for her place in the universe. At 18, Ernestine is convinced she'll find that place on a theater stage, far away from her tranquil hometown, but as the saying goes, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." Ernestine starts a family with her childhood sweetheart, experiences highs and lows, and ultimately finds herself reflected in the questions, wishes, and dreams of those who come after her.

Birthday Candles

He is one of the greats of American rock music: an Oscar and Tony Award winner, a 20-time Grammy winner – and more than 60 million albums sold make him one of the most successful musicians of all time. His songs, sometimes melancholically dark, sometimes powerfully earthy, have won a huge fan base around the world. Autobiographical elements are repeatedly reflected in the songs: his difficult relationship with his father, his working-class background, but also social themes such as rural exodus in the USA or everyday racism in the provinces. His childhood and youth experiences – growing up in a small town in New Jersey, in a home shaped by a choleric father who failed to build an emotional relationship with his children – flow into his songs. With a mixture of anger, a longing for escape and freedom, but also with wistful nostalgia, he describes his roots and simultaneously expresses what concerns the "little man" on the street. In "My Hometown," for example, he sings about the decline of his hometown, empty shops, violence, and unemployment. He tells of failed lives, lost dreams, and defiant rebellion. His songs deal with life and death, friendship, family, idealism, the American Dream, and homelessness—and they reflect the psychological state of a nation.

My Hometown

The most powerful man in the Roman Empire, Emperor Nero, covets the beautiful and power-hungry courtesan Poppea. She demands that he marry her and crown her empress. To do so, however, Nero must first disown his unloved wife Ottavia. The philosopher Seneca tries in vain to temper Nero's desires, but this only draws his wrath. Empress Ottavia, fighting to maintain her position, commissions a courtier to murder her rival Poppea. But the plan backfires. Ottavia is found guilty, and Nero finally has a plausible reason to exile her and enthrone his lover.

The Coronation of Poppea L'incoronazione di Poppea

People of all ages wear their shirts, and their songs have become the soundtrack of entire generations: Nirvana. But what accounts for the enthusiasm for this band, even though it disbanded over thirty years ago? Not only the suicide of grunge star Kurt Cobain, but also the life and personality of the unforgettable Nirvana frontman still raise questions today: resignation or revolt? Angry outsider, highly sensitive artist, lifelong seeker? Drinks, drugs, and depression. Voice of Generation X, ally, feminist?

Come As You Are

In his drama fragment "Woyzeck," shortly before his untimely death in 1837, Georg Büchner became one of the first playwrights to turn his attention unsparingly to social reality. Inspired by a real court case, he depicts a simple man trying to lead a normal life against all odds—living in poverty, subjected to questionable medical experiments, and humiliated from all sides, he increasingly loses his mind. The play wasn't staged until 1913.

Wozzeck

Güllen is bankrupt. No tax revenue and empty coffers, even though the country's economy is booming: Güllen is to be seized! The long-awaited rescue is approaching in the person of Claire Zachanassian, née Klara Wäscher, who was impregnated and abandoned by Alfred Ill at a young age, lost the paternity suit due to false witness statements, disgraced and driven from the city in poverty, lost her child, forced into prostitution, married and inherited from a wealthy oil baron, and is now a billionaire! Now it's time: With the hope of welcoming a generous benefactor in the former Güllen resident, Claire Zachanassian is being treated to a big welcome. And indeed, she is willing to donate a billion to the city, but under one condition – Alfred Ill must die! Naturally, this caused great outrage among all Güllen residents, who immediately and consistently rejected the immoral offer in the name of humanity. But strangely, little by little, an increased propensity to consume is evident throughout the city, loans are being granted generously, a new town hall is being built, and even the church is buying new bells. And Alfred Ill feels that the people of Güllen are behaving increasingly strangely toward him...

The Visit of the Old Lady

6.  Chamber Concert

Salón Coliseo

One evening, he suddenly appears—a mysterious old man with a head full of music. He claims to be a knight—but there's something different about him...

4.  Children's concert Ritter Gluck

On May 15, 2026, the Lübeck Philharmonic Society / Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lübeck Theater invite you to a musical family day.

Musical Family Day Come in!

No other work occupied Igor Stravinsky for as long a period as his "choreographic scenes from Russia," which premiered in Paris in 1923 under the title "Les Noces" (The Weddings). Initial ideas for a choral work depicting a peasant wedding date back to 1913. The composer initially searched through old folk song collections for original texts for his libretto. In a convoluted creative process, he ultimately created their musical setting with an exceptional ensemble of choir, soloists, four pianos, and percussion. "My aim was not to recreate the customs of a rural wedding," Stravinsky later explained. "Rather, I wanted to invent a kind of scenic ceremony myself..."

8th  Symphony Concert

Music and Congress Hall Lübeck

Nothing is more improbable than the love between Tristan and Isolde: In a fight, Tristan murders her fiancé, then lets her heal his own wounds without being recognized. Tristan soon returns to Isolde and asks for her hand in marriage: not for himself, but in the name of King Marke. But something seems to be smoldering between the two, irreconcilable, on the border between love and hate. When Isolde plans to kill herself and Tristan, Isolde's servant Brangäne exchanges the poison for a love potion - the moment of impending death becomes the birth of a love that transcends everything.

Tristan and Isolde

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