18.10.–01.12.2024 / Opera, Musical

Anatevka

Jerry Bock (music), Joseph Stein (book), Sheldon Harnick (vocal lyrics)
Tue 02.07.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:45
For the last time this season Opera, Musical
Kleines-Abo 2, Wechselnde Wochentage-Abo 3
Content
A Jewish family story with Broadway charm

Based on the stories of Scholem Alejchem
With the express permission of Arnold Perl

German by Rolf Merz and Gerhard Hagen
Produced for the stage in New York by Harold Prince
Original stage production in New York directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
In German with surtitles
approx. 3 ¼ hours, one interval
For all from 12 upwards
Tradition is meant to be turned upside down - that's how the three daughters of the milkman Tevje see it. They prefer to take their personal happiness into their own hands rather than rely on the expertise of the matchmaker Yente. In doing so, the daughters drive their father to despair, for their blithe forging of their own happiness upsets his view of the world; a world in which not only the laws of the family are called into question, but the entire existence in the shtetl is so threatened that flight and exile become a reality. Jerry Bock contrasts the melancholy and sadness of lostness with life-affirming verve and colourful exuberance - and thus gives space to all the longing and hope of village society.
Rehearsal - Behind the Scenes

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