Name: Semele
Start: 2025-04-27T16:00:00
Location: Theater Lübeck

Theater Lübeck is poised to offer a vibrant tapestry of performances, blending classic musical narratives with contemporary themes. From the romantic entanglements in 'The Merry Widow' to the introspective journey of 'The Passenger', and the divine love of 'Semele', audiences are set to embark on a variety of emotional and cultural explorations. With orchestral and choral compositions enhancing the theatrical experience, each event promises a unique artistic journey, making Theater Lübeck a beacon for cultural enrichment in the upcoming season.

The Lübeck Theater Season: A Symphony of Narratives and Harmonies

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

Andrea Stadel

Sophie Naubert

Takahiro Nagasaki

Frederick Jones

Delia Bacher

Laila  Salome Fischer

Florian Götz

Ashley Martin-Davis

Jens Ponath

Lynne Hockney

Jan-Michael Krüger

Falk Hampel

Stephen Lawless

Theater Lübeck

"At this location, Hafenstraße 52, on January 18, 1996, ten people died in an arson attack. They had come to Germany seeking refuge here. This event fills us with grief and pain. Those responsible for the crime have not been identified. The deaths of the victims and the suffering of their families remind us to stand up for the rights and safety of refugees."

Harbor Street

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.

Family theater tour

"One must be light, with a light heart and light hands, holding and taking, holding and letting go..." With these words, Field Marshal Princess Werdenberg reflects on her life. She has a youthful and passionate lover, Count Octavian, but suspects that sooner or later he will leave her for a younger woman. Her morning tête-à-tête with her lover is interrupted by her cousin, the uncouth Baron Ochs von Lerchenau. To improve his disastrous financial situation, he wants to marry the young Sophie von Faninal, daughter of a wealthy newly ennobled man. The Marshal suggests Octavian as the "Rosenkavalier," who will present the silver rose as his courtship. During the exchange of roses, however, Octavian and Sophie fall in love. Despite her pain, the Field Marshal knows how to let go of her lover "with ease," because she has vowed to "love him in the right way, so that I myself still love his love for another..."

The Rosenkavalier

An entertaining evening with the hits of the 70s awaits you! We'll take you back to the days of flared trousers, flashy outfits, the first TV game shows for the whole family, and top everything with "cream, please!"

A festival of love

"What kind of people were they? What were they talking about? Who dared to attack him in his apartment?" Before breakfast on his 30th birthday, two men appeared in Joseph K.'s room and declared him under arrest. They explained nothing more. The authority they were from and what he was accused of remained a mystery. The men didn't take him away, allowing Joseph K. to continue his work. Convinced of his innocence, his attempts to appear in court led him to the city's twisted attics. Joseph K. hired a lawyer, but he searched in vain for a solution to his case or a sensible course of action. Although Joseph K. was gradually absorbed in his trial, it made little progress—until one day he learned of his conviction...

The process

We live in the best of all possible worlds! At least, that's what Candide learned from his teacher Dr. Pangloss. When the Westphalian castle where he spent his youth is destroyed in war, he embarks on an adventurous journey into the unknown – via Paris and Lisbon to El Dorado. But with the right amount of optimism in his luggage, neither earthquakes nor shipwrecks, the Inquisition, nor other catastrophes can deter him from his path.

Candide

A little man in a forest? Quite the opposite: A tree stands on A.'s balcony. It seems to have grown overnight from a crack, a crevice in the concrete. The city's gardening department doesn't feel responsible, and the forestry department soon proves overwhelmed, as forests suddenly sprout up in every European city. Volunteers are sought to clear vegetation from the Eiffel Tower, and Bambi grazes in the canyons of high-rise buildings.

Forest

Nils doesn't feel like helping his parents and finds going to school boring. He prefers to annoy the cat or the geese – but when he catches a goblin, he's caught the wrong one: Before he knows it, he's transformed into Thumbling and suddenly experiences what it's like to be small and powerless. When he tries to stop Martin the house goose from following the call of the wild geese to freedom, he unexpectedly finds himself high in the air on Martin's back. This is the beginning of the famous journey of little Nils Holgersson with the wild geese, which Selma Lagerlöf wrote down over 100 years ago – for which she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature – and which still tells us a lot about responsibility, friendship, and how we treat our environment.

The wonderful journey of Nils Holgersson

For generations of children, Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" was and remains the first, unforgettable operatic experience. The story of the two broom-making children, chased from their home by their mother, wander fearfully through the forest until they reach a tempting witch's house, only to find themselves in even greater danger there, was loosely adapted into verse by the composer's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimms' fairy tales. Humperdinck, a composer stylistically close to Wagner, created enchanting music for the fairy-tale images, from the "Evening Blessing" to the Sandman's and Dewman's songs to the terrifying witch who has captivated children and adults alike since its creation.

Hansel and Gretel

Fans and those who would like to become fans will experience just how entertaining Richard Wagner's music and lyrics can be in the new program "Wagner zu dritt mit Harald Schmidt." Guests of the entertainer include Klaus Florian Vogt and Jobst Schneiderat.

»Wagner threesome with Harald Schmidt«

What's wrong with our democracy? Is it broken? And if so, is it covered by warranty or will we end up having to pay for the repairs ourselves?

ALFONS - Great!

She is a woman whose excessive desires lead to her own extinction: The Theban princess Semele is to marry Prince Athamas at her father's request, but falls in love with the god Jupiter, who appears to her in human form. On her wedding day, Semele therefore willingly allows herself to be abducted into his realm. The love-struck Jupiter swears to his new lover that he will grant her every wish. His jealous wife Juno uses this promise for a devious intrigue: In the guise of Semele's sister Ino, she convinces Semele that she can achieve immortality if she sees Jupiter in his true, divine form. In this way, she tells Semele that she wants Jupiter, without revealing to her that the sight of a god is unbearable for a human being. Semele will burn in the face of the real Jupiter.

Semele

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