On the banks of the »beautiful blue Danube«, the toy merchant Leopold, known as the »king of magic«, is celebrating the betrothal of his daughter Marianne to the upstanding butcher Oskar. Her encounter with the sensitive dreamer Alfred gives Marianne the courage to perform an act of self-determination: virtually overpowered by a passion she has hitherto never experienced, Marianne breaks off her engagement in order to find happiness by Alfred's side. Yet the dream of happiness is all too soon overtaken by reality: Marianne, who has been cast out by her father, and the child she has borne her lover soon become a burden to the wastrel Alfred. Marianne's social degradation brings her ever lower, until she has no other option but to ruefully return to the butcher whom she does not love – yet there is the problem of the »sinful« child she has borne Alfred.
A native of Vienna, HK Gruber is one of the major composers of our time. He is a notorious malcontent whose compositions are impossible to pigeon-hole. His works often feature a dark and at times morbid humour. In Tales from the Vienna Woods, Gruber not only finds all manner of tongue-in-cheek references – from Johann Strauss waltzes through to Puccini's La Bohème – and his oh-so-typical cheeky notes, but also returns time and again to very quiet, lyrical moments.
Videos
Die kleine Hexe
Schnürschuh Theater (2/9 - 2/9) | ||
Klarsynsaften
Søborg Forsamlingshus (3/26 - 3/26) | ||
Brabbeltheater: HOCH!
Puppentheater Zwickau (2/9 - 3/2) | ||
Südpol Slam: Finalissima
Südpol (6/4 - 6/4) | ||
Sehnsucht nach dem Hafen - HafenRevue 2
Hafen RevueTheater (3/22 - 3/22) | ||
Dr. Mark Benecke - Fälle am Rande des Möglichen
RuhrCongress (Congresssaal) (3/15 - 3/15) | ||
Kunst gegen Bares
Schnürschuh Theater (2/20 - 4/17) | ||
VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW |
Recommended For You