Lass uns die Welt vergessen - Volksoper 1938 - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Lass uns die Welt vergessen - Volksoper 1938
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29.04.2025 , Tuesday
19:00
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Volksoper, Währingerstrasse 78, 1090 Vienna
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premiere
A piece with music by Theu Boermans and Keren Kagarlitsky
In German language
Operetta has always been escapism, an escape from everyday life into another world, a dream world. But what if this everyday life can no longer be ignored? What if the events in the world are so terrible that you can no longer forget them? In the first months of 1938, current political life invaded the Volksoper during rehearsals for the operetta Greeting and Kiss from the Wachau. What do intolerance, discrimination and fascism do to the employees of the Volksoper? In the course of rehearsals, the National Socialists' takeover of power brought about serious changes for the Volksoper: dismissals followed at all levels of the house. A captivating look into the mirror of the past can also mean a confrontation with a painful period in the history of the Volksoper. We don't want to avoid that. By telling the story of the Volksoper staff, we honor the memory of ALL the victims. At the same time, we do not lose sight of the actions of the perpetrators, which could happen again at any time, but we also remember the countless people who did not raise their voices.
In Let's forget the world, director Theu Boerman brings the beautiful, cheerful entertainment of the Beneš operetta back to the Volksoper stage and contrasts it with the cold political reality of the Nazi era. Conductor Keren Kagarlitsky reconstructed the score of Greetings and Kisses from the Wachau by Jara Beneš from the little surviving material.
Subject to change.
A piece with music by Theu Boermans and Keren Kagarlitsky
In German language
Operetta has always been escapism, an escape from everyday life into another world, a dream world. But what if this everyday life can no longer be ignored? What if the events in the world are so terrible that you can no longer forget them? In the first months of 1938, current political life invaded the Volksoper during rehearsals for the operetta Greeting and Kiss from the Wachau. What do intolerance, discrimination and fascism do to the employees of the Volksoper? In the course of rehearsals, the National Socialists' takeover of power brought about serious changes for the Volksoper: dismissals followed at all levels of the house. A captivating look into the mirror of the past can also mean a confrontation with a painful period in the history of the Volksoper. We don't want to avoid that. By telling the story of the Volksoper staff, we honor the memory of ALL the victims. At the same time, we do not lose sight of the actions of the perpetrators, which could happen again at any time, but we also remember the countless people who did not raise their voices.
In Let's forget the world, director Theu Boerman brings the beautiful, cheerful entertainment of the Beneš operetta back to the Volksoper stage and contrasts it with the cold political reality of the Nazi era. Conductor Keren Kagarlitsky reconstructed the score of Greetings and Kisses from the Wachau by Jara Beneš from the little surviving material.
Subject to change.