Winterreise
Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano set to poems by Wilhelm Müller, is not only regarded as the zenith of Schubert’s song composition, but as the pinnacle of German art song in its entirety.…
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New Works
Cassiopeia’s Garden Millions of years ago, an incomprehensible cosmic event occurred in the constellation Cassiopeia. The radio waves from this event are still perceptible today.Every event in our lives, even if it lies seemingly far in the past, poses the…
Messa da Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is not only a musical prayer, but also a vision of the afterlife and the drama of Judgement Day that is rich in imagery. The musical requiem mass was created in two stages. Initially, Verdi wrote a Libera…
Sleeping Beauty
Christian Spuck (Romeo and Juliet, Messa da Requiem, The Nutcracker and The Mouse King) presents a fresh and captivating take on the beloved ballet. This enchanting adaptation follows the journey of sheltered Aurora, beautifully portrayed by Michelle Willems, as she…
Dance On!
When you’re a young dancer, you like to fill rooms with your energy, which is tied to a young, capable body. But as you get older, you start to reduce to what you want to say. So when is it…
Romeo und Julia
In Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the power of love enables two young people to rise above themselves to overcome all obstacles. However, because they come from two families engaged in a mortal feud, their union is ill-starred from…
Poppea Poppea
Revisit the story of Poppea, wife of infamous Roman emperor Nero in an award-winning reimagining by visionary German choreographer Christian Spuck on the stage of the Theaterhaus Stuttgart! The theatre’s dynamic Gauthier Dance, founded in 2010 and already a notable…
Nussknacker und Mausekönig
Anyone who thinks of Piotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet music for The Nutcracker will immediately hear the magical sound of the celesta that accompanies the famous dance of the sugar plum fairy, and will think of a splendidly decorated Christmas room, dancing…