A young count is in love with a shrewd woman who returns his feelings. But her guardian harbours his own plans for her. When jack-of-all-trades Figaro rushes to the young couple's aid, bribery, deceit and comic entanglements ensue. Will he succeed in saving the day - and love?
Bursting with exuberant music, captivating comedy and ingenious disguises, Rossini’s masterpiece is the ultimate feel-good opera. In Den Norske Opera’s new production, director Jetske Mijnssen takes the story seriously - didn’t Count Almaviva and Rosina’s union turn out unhappy in Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro"? - and shows how comedy is always close to tragedy.

Her beauty has conquered his strength. But when a hero, blinded and beaten, is called by a higher power to rescue his people from oppression, he discovers that his faith is the greatest strength of all.

This weekend, fall in love with Camille Saint-Saëns’s most seductive masterpiece: the biblical epic Samson and Delilah.

Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina wields the shears as the infamous Delilah, in a seductive performance the San Francisco Chronicle calls “lithe and lustrous, with a sinewy strength that cut easily through the orchestral texture.”

She stars opposite dramatic tenor Clifton Forbis, who delivers a company debut that’s virtuous, powerful and pure as the clarion-voiced hero Samson, under the baton of celebrated conductor Patrick Summers.

Experience the opera that blends the heat of lust with the heavenly harmonies Saint-Saëns is famous for, this weekend only, starting Saturday, January 23, at 10am Pacific. Directed for the screen by Frank Zamacona.

Winterreise im Olympiastadion

Textfragmente aus Hölderlins Roman 
»HYPERION ODER DER EREMIT IN GRIECHENLAND«
Regie: Klaus Michael Grüber

Endspiel in eisiger Kälte: Klaus Michael Grüber inszeniert Dezember 1977 im einschüchternden Riesenrund des Stadions, das sich Hitler 1936 für seine Olympischen Spiele auf das Reichssportfeld bauen ließ, mit acht Sportlern, mit Handwerkern, Kameraleuten, Fotoreportern und zwanzig Mitgliedern des Ensembles der Berliner Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer ein echtes deutsches Trauerspiel. Szenen aus Wort und Sport, Licht und Klang, Theater und Politik und Textfragmenten »Hyperion«. Ein inzwischen legendäres Theaterereignis. 

Regie: Klaus Michael Grüber
Regie-Mitarbeit: Hannes Klett
Kostüme: Moidele Bickel, Dagmar Niefind 
Dramaturgie: Bernhard Pautrat, Ellen Hammer

Mit: Willem Menne, Arnim Baumert, Andreas Eisenschenk, Thomas Fölsch, Wolfram Götz, Hans-Peter Jäggi, Heiko Neumann, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Martin Szafranski, Paul Burian, Gerd David, Rüdiger Hacker, Jan Kauenhowen, Michael König, Wolf Redl, Gerd Wameling, Eberhard Feik, Günter Lampe, Felix Prader, Werner Rehm, Otto Mächtlinger, Sabine Andreas, Libgart Schwarz, Tina Engel, Grischa Huber, Christine Oesterlein, Manfred Dittrich, Burckhard Rode

Bildregie: Klaus Michael Grüber, Ellen Hammer 
Kamera: Wolfgang Knigge 

Wir danken allen beteiligten Künstler_innen sowie allen Verlagen und Sendeanstalten für die Kooperation, die dieses Angebot an unser Publikum erst möglich macht!

Duration: ca. 70 minutes

Premiere war am 01. Dezember 1977

Rossini’s rarely heard comedy receives a brilliant performance in Bartlett Sher’s Met premiere production, with a trio of today’s greatest bel canto stars in the leading roles: Juan Diego Flórez is Count Ory, a handsome rogue who finds women—all women—irresistible. Diana Damrau sings the virtuous Countess Adèle, and Joyce DiDonato is Isolier, the count’s page, who is also in love with the countess. 

Jokes, misunderstandings, and gender-bending disguises—including knights dressed as nuns— abound in this hilarious tale of deception and seduction. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Willy Decker’s stunning production of Verdi’s unforgettable drama stars the riveting singing actress Natalie Dessay as Violetta. 

Exhausted by her restless life as a courtesan, Violetta knows she will die soon. But then she meets the young and idealistic Alfredo (Matthew Polenzani), who offers her true love—with tragic consequences. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s stern father, and Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Text, Direction and Choreography: Falk Richter.

Composition by Malte Beckenbach, Achim Bornhoeft, Oliver Sascha Frick, Helgi Hrafn Jónsson, Jan Kopp, Jörg Mainka, Oliver Prechtl.
Conductor: Wolfram-Maria Märtig.

Falk Richter’s new project examines the human desire for connection, the quest for encounter and the yearning for fulfillment in a cosmos of increasingly fleeting concepts of lifestyles, relationships and society. In »For the Disconnected Child« individuals search for meaning, fulfillment, the next kick, connection with one another – they encounter each other, they lose each other and they find each other. For the first time, actors of the Schaubühne team up with dancers and singers and musicians of the Berlin Staatsoper to create a series of scenic compositions, album-like tracks where text intersects with new music, drama meets musical theatre and singing encounters choreography. In collaboration with Icelandic singer-songwriter, Helgi Hrafn Jónsson, Falk Richter creates this album of scenic tracks – joined by seven young composers of new music who respond to the material, arrange and re-compose it; the stage becomes a testing ground on which the relationships between dancers, singers, musicians and actors are constantly re-negotiated, re-connected and released.

Die ganz begreifliche Angst vor Schlägen by Georges Courteline.

To save his protegé from a fatal destiny, a magician has imprisoned knights and ladies in an enchanted labyrinthine palace and mystifies them to the point of delirium.
Luigi Rossi's first opera - boasting sixteen soloists, double and triple choirs for 6 and 12 voices, numerous ballets  - marked the last surge of Roman opera before the Eternal City forsook it for a long time. For the Argentine conductor Leonardo García Alarcón, who rediscovered the opera in the Vatican Library neglected for 380 years, Il Palazzo incantato is "the missing link in the history of opera and the metaphor of our lives". 

In love with an exiled count turned pirate, a young woman has been forced into a marriage with his worst enemy. Is there a way out of this dramatic love triangle?
Il pirata marked the beginning of young Bellini's fruitful collaboration with the librettist Felice Romani, called 'the Dante of his time', and of an international career as dazzling as it was short. Abandoning the tradition of happy endings, the gothic plot culminates in one of the first ‘mad scenes’ in the history of opera.

How many lives can a person live in just 34 years? Before her early death, the French-Jewish philosopher and mystic Simone Weil took part in the Spanish Civil War, worked in a refugee camp, in a factory and as a teacher. Forever on the move in search of new truths.
The oratorio La Passion de Simone is the third of four collaborations between the Finnish composer and Polar Prize laureate Kaija Saariaho with the French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf, starting with the highly acclaimed L’amour de loin. On the structure of Bach’s Passions, Saariaho’s unique and suspenseful score, performed by court singer Anne Sofie von Otter as a soloist, immerses the listener in the life and thoughts of Simone Weil.

«Серебряное копытце» принадлежит перу потрясающего писателя и фольклориста Павла Бажова, который первым литературно обработал уральские сказы и превратил их в настоящие произведения искусства, переведенные на множество иностранных языков.

Театр под руководством режиссера и художника Павла Овсянникова создал новый зимний спектакль о волшебстве и вере в чудеса, которые обязательно случаются, если очень сильно захотеть. История о девочке Дарёнке, кошке Мурёнке и старике Коковане известна и любима многими поколениями, и точно очарует и современных детей. Легкость, красота и лиричность этой сказки найдут своё отражение в куклах и сказочных декорациях.

Волшебный сказ Павла Бажова для детей от 4 лет.
Автор - Павел Бажов
Режиссер, художник - Павел Овсянников
Композитор - Глеб Успенский
В спектакле заняты: Андрей Железняк, Ольга Сидоренко, Светлана Трегуб

In a poet's feverish imagination, the staging of Don Giovanni sets him off on a frenzied journey into nightmarish worlds. Can Mozart himself offer him salvation as he loses himself in his fearful dreams?
Barrie Kosky tells Offenbach's fantastic story as a disturbing nightmare of an artist who increasingly loses his sense of identity. As we dive into the obsessions of a deranged mind, the title role itself is shared by three performers - including an actor - while a single soprano embodies all four female lead roles.

On Christmas Eve, a young girl has a dream. She stumbles upon a magical adventure when she is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll. Can she break the spell that turned him from a boy to a toy?
Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine's staging of Nutcracker has won the hearts of children and adults all around the world. Behind the charming tale capturing the festive spirit, emerges journey from childhood to adulthood with much virtuosity along the way; all set to Tchaikovsky's immediately recognisable magnificent music.

When a budding ballerina falls badly, her dreams are shattered along with her leg. Is there a life for her beyond her fantasy? And will Prince Charming take notice of her even though she may never dance again?
With the Berlin premiere of Cendrillon, the Komische Oper Berlin is lifting Massenet's rarely seen opera out of the cinders. In his surprisingly tragic interpretation, the renowned Italian director Damiano Michieletto plays with the clichés of the ruthless ballet world and crosses the line between fairytale magic and reality. 

Helped by his shrewd servant, a serial seducer flaunts society's rules until he brings about his own downfall.
Mozart's audacious opera combines enchanting music with a central character of fascinating psychological complexity, an archetypal figure who continues to provide food for thought 230 years after its creation. Christof Loy's production stars Christopher Maltman as Don Giovanni, now a desperate and lonely anti-hero, always eluded by success.

In a soup kitchen, the recipients take turns mocking and supporting, lying and loving each other, spicing up the reality of their lives with a pinch of fantasy.

La Soupe Pop invites its audience to share a bowl of soup among the actors and singers on Montpellier's Opera Comédie stage. Halfway between theatre and cabaret, the immersive experience unfolds in a series of raw yet poetic scenes accompanied by the joyously melancholy music of British cult band The Tiger Lillies.

When a passionate poet falls for a young woman, she is stirred by his ardent declaration of love. Yet she is promised to another and ends up rejecting him, prompting him to make a fatal gesture. 

With some of the most gorgeously romantic music ever written, Jules Massenet’s Werther adapts Goethe's wildly successful epistolary novel into one of the finest accomplishments in French opera. This production stars the winners of the 71st AsLiCo Singing Competition in 2020, whose youthful passion rivals Werther's own.

National Opera Studio creation - arias & a documentary, produced almost entirely in quarantine, exploring creative processes, isolation and digital connections. Each singer was partnered with a diverse, handpicked team; composer, librettist and pianist – teams of four. Through Zoom, telephone, e-mail and Whatsapp the teams nurtured ideas drawn from the singer’s past life, future ambitions or dreams and through collaboration, moulded these ideas into arias for operas in development.

Мультижанровая программа Александринского театра «Другая сцена»

Драматург — Маша Всё-Таки  
Режиссер — Олег Христолюбский  
Актеры — Полина Теплякова, Александр Мицкевич  

Главный герой ходит и ходит по лестнице, по кругу, по временам года, мимо череды соседей. Строит кормушку, ждет птицу. Мы не знаем, дождется ли он, и важно ли это.

Маша Всё-Таки — выпускница мастерской Н.С. Скороход 2019 года. Пьесы участвовали в фестивалях «Любимовка», «Первая читка», «Ремарка» и других. Пьеса «Говорение», написанная в соавторстве с Полиной Коротыч, готовится к постановке в петербургском ТЮЗе.

Олег Христолюбский — режиссер, автор спектаклей по всей России. Экс-главный режиссер лесосибирского театра «Поиск», победитель театрального фестиваля «АртМиграция – детям» и многих других.

Спектакль «Перед заходом солнца» по пьесе нобелевского лауреата Герхарта Гауптмана рассказывает историю одной загадочной семьи, глава которой — тайный советник Маттиас Клаузен — потерял при печальных обстоятельствах свою жену. Тяжелая утрата заставляет его прибегать к довольно странным и неожиданным способам заполнения образовавшейся пустоты...

Обитатели дома Клаузена существуют и действуют не только по условно мистическим законам хоррора, но и провоцируют на размышления о природе человеческого сознания, свойствах памяти, любовной одержимости, иррациональных желаниях, непреодолимой иронии по поводу страданий отдельного «я» на фоне вечности. Роль Маттиаса Клаузена исполняет заслуженный артист России Владимир Лемешонок.

В субботу, 20 июня, в 15:00 в рамках программы «Большие гастроли-онлайн» пройдет виртуальная экскурсия по музею Государственного академического Центрального театра кукол им. С.В. Образцова.

Музей театра, начавшийся когда-то с выставки на балконе в первом здании театра на площади Маяковского в Москве, стал крупнейшим в России и одним из крупнейших в мире. В нем собран богатейший фонд театральных кукол и атрибутов кукольных представлений более чем из 50 стран мира. Уникальную коллекцию составляют более чем 4000 театральных кукол всех известных систем от античности до наших дней.

Ритуальные маски и рыцарский театр, античные марионетки и гиньоль цесаревича Алексея, волшебный фонарь и мимирующие куклы, старинный вертеп и иностранные братья Петрушки, история создания театра и рассказ о Сергее Образцове – все это ждет зрителей экскурсии.

Экскурсовод – Ольга Шестерикова, заслуженный работник культуры РФ, заведующая экскурсионным бюро

Продолжительность экскурсии 1 час 5 мин. 6+

Kohtume otse-eetris neljapäeval kell 19!
Järgmisena on facebook laivis meie loominguline juht Peeter Raudsepp.

"Teatrimõte on väljaspool lava üsna eklektiline, nii on ka minu mõtted teatrist, ühiskonnast, tunnetest, näitlemisest, inimkonna saatusest ja paljust muust hüplikud, aga ehk saavad nad mulle endalegi selgemaks, kui ma neist teile räägin. Proovis näitlejate ees rääkides on seda juhtunud. Nagu ütles Eesti kuulsaim rääkija polkovniku lesk: „Ma ju ei tea, mida ma mõtlen, enne kui ma seda öelnud ei ole”. Mina nii kuulus rääkija ei ole, nii et mõned mõtted on mul ka ette välja mõeldud.

Imre Õunapuu räägib väikestest ja suurtest

Rakvere Teatri Live’i sarja neljandas osas astub 7. mail kell 19 otseeetris vaatajate ette Valgas sündinud, Viljandis õppinud ja Rakvere Teatris töötav Imre Õunapuu.

Vähem kui 10 aasta jooksul on Imre Õunapuu jõudnud end lavadel näidata mitmest küljest – muusikat luues ja esitades nii solistina kui ansamblites RAMMM ja Eneseimetlejate Klubi, ning näitlejana nii draamalavastustes kui muusikalis „Hüljatud”. Ta on olnud osaline Renate Keerdi ja Kompanii Nii füüsilise teatri lavastustes „PUNG” ja „Pure mind”. Rakvere Teatri uuslavastuses „Lihtsalt, rõõmuks” oli Õunapuu muusikaline kujundaja.

Oma vestlusõhtut tutvustades ütleb Imre Õunapuu: „Väike võib olla suur!” Mida ta täpselt selle lausega silmas peab, saab uurida juba sel neljapäeval kell 19 otseülekandes Rakvere Teatri Facebooki lehel.

Küsimusi saab ette saata Rakvere teatri Facebooki kaudu, kirjutades ürituse postituse kommentaaridesse või teatri sõnumitesse. Otseeetri ajal on võimalik küsimusi postitada live’i kommentaaridesse. Järgmistel nädalatel tulevad vaatajate ette Tiina Mälberg ja Peeter Raudsepp.

Rakvere Teater läheb otse-eetrisse läbi Facebook live rakenduse igal neljapäeval kell 19. 
Järgmine live toimub neljapäeval, 23. aprillil ning otsekanalis on näitleja Elar Vahter. 

Unknown T performing "Fresh Home" live. The Homerton MC won Best Rap Track at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards 2020 for "Fresh Home" which landed in February. The track also featured on Unknown T's debut mixtape, "Rise Above Hate", which landed via Island Records in July and peaked at No. 14 in the Official UK Albums Chart.