Tuesday, 11/12/2024
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Original music by Wenzel Müller


Oh shame, I am a misanthrope, and I am falling in love, which has no end in sight.

"If Raimund had written three pieces about the value of the Alpine King, his name would never be forgotten in the history of German poetry," wrote Franz Grillparzer about his fellow poet. The original magic play The Alpine King and the Misanthrope clearly shows how much Raimund's pieces were ahead of their time in terms of philosophical and psychological depth. "With the allegory embodied in him in the play, Rappelkopf still belongs to the baroque theater; as a mentally ill person, already entirely to that of the modern era." (Heinz Politzer)

In Raimund's play premiered in 1828, the wealthy landowner Rappelkopf distrusts everyone. Not even his family succeeds in reaching him. Only when the powerful Alpine King Astragalus shows him his own self, is he cured of his misanthropy and gains insight.

Raimund's magic play offers a wealth of magnificent characters - from the contemptuous Rappelkopf to his desperately fighting for marriage wife Sophie and the mysterious Alpine King, to the comedic characters of the play: the servant Habakuk, who constantly claims, "I was in Paris for two years," and the outspoken maid Lischen. The music, including well-known songs like "So leb' denn wohl, du stilles Haus," is by Wenzel Müller. Josef E. Köpplinger, who achieved great success at the Theater in der Josefstadt with The Farmer as a Millionaire, will continue his engagement with Ferdinand Raimund with this production.

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