»Der Fall Richard Strauss« (»Collaboration«)
»Der Fall Richard Strauss« (»Collaboration«)
Programme
»Der Fall Richard Strauss«
Play by Ronald Harwood
German translation by Max Faber
Adaptation and direction
Klaus Gmeiner
Cast
Peter Hohberger - Richard Strauss
Vera Schweiger - Pauline, his wife
Leo Braune - Stefan Zweig
Anna Kathrin Elsässer - Lotte Altmann
Robert Kolar - Hans Hinkel, special representative
The scenes are set in Garmisch, Salzburg, Dresden, and Petropolis
Artists
On the occasion its world premiere in 2008, Collaboration was hailed by the critics as a »work of genius«. The internationally acclaimed play by the Academy Award winning British playwright Ronald Harwood sheds light on the collaboration between the Jewish author and Richard Strauss under the Nazi regime in the early 1930's, seeking to fathom out the complicated interdependence of art and politics. At the Markus Sittikus Hall, the drama will be presented in a semi-staged version arranged and directed by Klaus Gmeiner.
»Heute ist die Schubertiade nicht nur Pilgerort für Liedersüchtige, sondern auch eine der Urmütter aller Sommerfestivals. Die ihr Niveau gehalten, ja glorios gesteigert hat.«
Die Welt, Germany