Posts in 2021
Urfaust

“Urfaust” is an unfinished scenic fragment, a flood of images in verse and prose form, which Johann Wolfgang Goethe wrote in his “Sturm und Drang” years when he was only 23 and only a quarter of a century later for “Faust. A tragedy «developed further. His epistolary novel »The Sorrows of Young Werther« was written around the same time. In contrast to the complete “Faust”, the “Urfaust” depicts in its rawness less the mystical, metaphysical striving for knowledge and power, but rather a search for knowledge that follows all the senses and a tragic love story.

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Der eingebildete Kranke (The Hypochondriac)

Moliere’s last play was performed in 1673, and it is where he died after collapsing on stage during the show. The main character in the play is the hypochondriac organ. He patiently obeys his doctor's instructions. Argan wants his daughter Angelique to marry the doctor who asked for her hand, for obvious reasons - if they get married, the doctor will always be available to treat him. Angelique is in love with Client, and has other plans.

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Pünktchen und Anton

Erich Kästner's classic children's book from 1931 is an exciting detective story and tells, in a humorous and touching way, of the deep friendship that defies all social differences. Originating in the middle of the global economic crisis in 1931, the story has utopian relevance again today, where the gap between rich and poor is growing ever larger.

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Things Fall Apart

A cyber production based on W.B.Yeats’ poem: 'The Second Coming'.
It is a collaboration of chamber music with high school students from Ireland and Germany via a live Zoom conference from their own homes with Virtual Reality activity and animation in real time.

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