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Climate change opera based on ideas from Grimms’ fairy tale Frau Holle
Libretto by Kai Weßler and Suse Pfister
For young & all aged 6 and above
Austrian premiere
It never rains but it pours! Frau Holle really doesn’t have an easy time of it. After all, the job of looking after the seasons and the climate is all down to her. She’s always on the go, shaking out the bedclothes to make it snow for example, but somehow she just never manages to please everybody. Some find it too hot, others say it rains too much. And now she’s even getting letters of complaint! Eventually, Frau Holle has had enough. She decides it’s time for a break. After all, the weather is not something you can pick and choose! Let the two weather assistants, Gold-Andy and Pitch-Andy, take over making the weather. But that proves disastrous...
Holle! is an entertaining story about climate change that encourages young & all to think about what we can all do to protect the climate. Sebastian Schwab’s children’s opera for one singer and two musicians who also act imaginatively conjures up every kind of weather: from jubilant major-key sunshine to Frau Holle’s furious hailstorm arias.
With thanks to Martin Schlaff for his support
Co-production with the Salzburg Festival
Program and cast
Director: Catharina von Bülow
Stage and Costume Design:Anna Kreinecker
Light Design: Karl Wiedemann
Dramaturgy: Christian Schröder
Holle: Tatiana Kuryatnikova
Pech-Andy / Klarinette: Manuel Ernst
Gold-Andy / Hammerklavier u.a.: Alexander Gergelyfi
Theater an der Wien
About the Theater an der Wien
The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.
To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.
The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
How to get there
With public transport:
We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile
KAMMEROPER:
Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien
We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)
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