The Popess - The Musical
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| Title: | The Popess |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Dennis Martin |
| Book: | Dennis Martin, Christoph Jilo |
| Literary source: | The Popess of Donna Woolfolk Cross |
| Premiere: | June 3, 2011 |
| Place of premiere: | Fulda , Fulda Castle Theater |
| Place and time of the action: | 9th century |
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The Popess is a musical by the German composer Dennis Martin , based on Donna Woolfolk Cross ' historical novel Die Päpessin , which uses the literary material of the legend of Popess Johanna .
background
The developers and organizers of the musical Die Päpstin , Spotlight Musicalproduktion GmbH , acquired the world's first stage rights for the 1996 novel from the American author Donna Woolfolk Cross.
First songs as well as some actors, u. a. Sabrina Weckerlin in the title role were presented to the public at a press conference in the marble hall of the Fulda City Palace on September 1, 2010. In January 2011, Spotlight Musicalproduktion GmbH presented more scenes and numbers from the play in front of invited sponsors and press representatives in the Fulda S-Club. The following March, the production company advertised the upcoming premiere with a promotional tour through several German cities, during which further excerpts of the piece from parts of the later original line-up were presented to a larger audience. Donna Cross herself accompanied this tour.
The musical was on June 3, 2011 at the Palace Theater in Fulda premiered . It was a co-production with the Brno City Theater , whose workshops had made backdrops, costumes and props for the production with a view to later taking over the play into their own repertoire. The director of the Brno City Theater Stanislav Moša directed , the choreography was by Julia Poulet, the set was designed by Christoph Weyers. Even before the premiere, a studio CD with most of the musical numbers contained in the piece was recorded with the original cast, which is still the only more comprehensive German-language recording of Die Päpstin . After 111 performances and 73,000 spectators, the 2011 season ended on August 14, 2011.
On February 2, 2012, The Popess was first seen in Czech at the Brno City Theater, with a live orchestra being used for the first time in this piece. The title role was played by Hana Holišová . A CD recording of the Czech version was also made. Following the first series of games in Brno, the musical was performed again in a revised version in the Fulda Castle Theater and in the Hameln Theater. Scenes and transitions were streamlined, the role of Saint Catherine was deleted, additional remodeling music was added and the second act was supplemented by a quintet ( Parasite of Power - recapitulation ). During this season a studio single CD with four numbers was released, sung by the alternating line-up of Johanna, Sophie Berner .
The musical was performed again in Fulda from June to July 2013 and then played in Hameln from the beginning of September to mid-September; thereafter the production was transferred to Munich and was performed there from mid to late September 2013.
In January 2014 the Brno City Theater performed its own production, but in German, together with some guests from the Fulda production at the City Theater Ingolstadt. Later in 2014, Die Päpstin was performed again as part of the Musical Summer Fulda from June 20 to July 13.
On March 20, 2015, the musical Die Päpstin had its new production (musical direction: Michael Ellis Ingram, production and choreography: Iris Limbarth) premiere at the Nordhausen Theater with Femke Soetenga in the title role. The staging was also carried over into the following season. In June and July 2015, the musical was also performed again in Fulda.
In December 2017, the musical was staged for twelve performances in a new production by Benjamin Sahler in the blower hall in Neunkirchen (Saar). Anna Hofbauer took on the role of Johanna. The new production was then shown for five performances in Stuttgart. Due to great demand, two additional performances were played in Stuttgart.
In the summer of 2018, The Popess was performed again with Sabrina Weckerlin in the title role at the location of the premiere, in the Schlosstheater Fulda.
On September 29, 2018, the piece premiered in Hungarian. The production by Iván Hargitai at József Attila Színház in Budapest, which showed the musical for the first time in a modern, contemporary setting, was on the program again in 2019.
From November 30th to December 16, 2018 the play was shown in the Festspielhaus Füssen , afterwards the same production was performed again in the Neue Gebläsehalle in Neunkirchen (Saar) from December 27, 2018 to December 31, 2018. In April 2019 the piece returned to Füssen for seven performances. From June 14 to July 6, 2019, the original production in Fulda was resumed for 31 performances. Due to Sabrina Weckerlin's illness, Isabel Trinkaus took over the first occupation of the title role for the entire series at short notice.
From August 10 to September 2, 2019, the Füssen version of Die Päpstin was performed again in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart .
The original production was shown for the third time in Hameln from December 13 to 31, 2019. In the last game series of this production for the time being, Sabrina Weckerlin , Mathias Edenborn , Christian Schöne and Marcus G. Kulp took over the roles that they had already played in the 2011 premiere. Sascha Kurth, Jenny Schlensker, Stephan R. Przywara, Doreen Sommer, Torsten Paul and Jörg Alt were also from the premiere series, but in some cases in different roles.
Another new production by the Kolping Music Theater, directed by Michael Schaumann, premiered on February 14, 2020 in the Congress Centrum Stadtgarten in Schwäbisch Gmünd . For Tina Haas , who fell ill at short notice in the title role, Misha Kovar jumped in at the first performances .
occupation
| Original cast, world premiere, Fulda 2011 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Sabrina Weckerlin (Alexandra Farkic, Eveline Suter) |
| Gerold | Mathias Edenborn (Dennis Henschel, Nikolas Gerdell) |
| Anastasius | Christian Schöne (Niklas-Philipp Gertl, Sascha Kurth) |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Isabel Dörfler (Alexandra Farkic, Petea Roth, Eveline Suter) |
| Rabanus / Fulgentius | Dietmar Ziegler (Nikolas Gerdell) |
| Richild | Eveline Suter (Alexandra Farkic, Tabea Grün) |
| Aeskulapius | Daniele Nonnis (Nikolas Gerdell) |
| Arsenius | Jogi Kaiser (Nikolas Gerdell) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Norbert Conrads (Nikolas Gerdell, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Lothar / Thomas | Marcus G. Kulp (Nikolas Gerdell, Sascha Kurth) |
| John | Matthias Bulwark |
| Ravens | Niklas-Philipp Gertl, Yasuko Kayamori |
| Catherine | Evita comp |
| Nordhausen 2015/16 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Femke Soetenga / Tina Haas |
| Gerold | Patrick Stanke / Mathias Edenborn |
| Anastasius | David Roßteutscher |
| Gudrun | Anja Daniela Wagner |
| Marioza | Anja Daniela Wagner / Désirée Brodka |
| Rabanus / Flgentius | Marian Kalus |
| Aeskulapius | Thomas Kohl |
| Arsenius | Christian Venzke / Frank Bahrenberg |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Florian Konschak / Marcus G. Kulp |
| Lothar | Michael Beck |
| Richild | Katharina Blum |
| Raven Munin | Johanna Schnetz |
| Raven hugin | Auke Swen |
| Neunkirchen (Saar) 2017 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Anna Hofbauer (Kristin Backes) |
| Gerold | Matthias Stockinger (Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Anastasius | Sven Fliege (Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Gudrun | Stefanie Kock (Ann-Kathrin Wurche) |
| Marioza | Stefanie Kock |
| Rabanus | Kevin Tarte (Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Aeskulapius | Uwe Kröger (Frank Bahrenberg, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Arsenius | Alexander Kerbst (Frank Bahrenberg, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Wieland Satter (Frank Bahrenberg, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Lothar | Marcus G. Kulp |
| Ratgar | Rouven Wildegger – Bitz (Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Fulgentius | Frank Mueller |
| Richild | Vanessa Wichterich |
| Dancing raven Munin | Stefanie Groening |
| Dancing raven Hugin | Vera Horn |
| Stuttgart 2018 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Anna Hofbauer (Kristin Backes) |
| Gerold | Jan Ammann (Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Anastasius | Christopher Brose |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Stefanie Kock |
| Rabanus | Marcus G. Kulp / Kevin Tarte (04.03./05.03.) |
| Fulgentius | Marcus G. Kulp (Frank Müller) |
| Aeskulapius | Uwe Kröger (Frank Bahrenberg) |
| Arsenius | Alexander Kerbst (Frank Bahrenberg) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Frank Bahrenberg / Marcus G. Kulp (stepped in on March 4th) |
| Lothar | Benjamin Setz |
| Ratgar | Rouven Wildegger – Bitz |
| Richild | Vanessa Wichterich |
| Dancing raven Munin | Stefanie Groening |
| Dancing raven Hugin | Vera Horn |
| Fulda 2018 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Sabrina Weckerlin (Anke Fiedler, Tina Haas) |
| Gerold | Mark Seibert / Dennis Henschel (Sascha Kurth) |
| Anastasius | Christian Schöne (Lutz Standop, Kristian Lucas) |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Anke Fiedler / Larissa Windegger (Jenny Schlensker) |
| Rabanus / Fulgentius | Lutz Standop (Kristian Lucas) |
| Aeskulapius | Reinhard Brussmann (Daniele Nonnis) |
| Arsenius / Ratgar | Daniele Nonnis (Thomas Christ) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Sebastian Lohse (Thomas Christ, Sascha Kurth) |
| Lothar / Thomas | Olaf Meyer (Michael Beck) |
| Richild | Larissa Windegger (Jenny Schlensker, Caroline Zins) |
| Füssen / Neunkirchen (Saar) 2018 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Anna Hofbauer (Kristin Backes) |
| Gerold | Jan Ammann / Dennis Henschel / Marcus G. Kulp |
| Anastasius | Dennis Henschel (Christopher Brose) |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Stefanie Kock (Kristin Backes) |
| Rabanus | Kevin Tarte / Marcus G. Kulp |
| Aeskulapius | Uwe Kröger (Frank Bahrenberg) |
| Arsenius | Alexander Kerbst (Frank Bahrenberg) |
| Johanna's father | Frank Bahrenberg / Marcus G. Kulp (Christopher Brose) |
| Lothar | Manuel Scherer |
| Fulgentius / Pope | Christoph Pabst |
| Richild | Katrin Kaysser |
| Dancing raven Munin | Stefanie Groening |
| Dancing raven Hugin | Vera Horn |
| Fulda 2019 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Isabel Trinkaus / Anke Fiedler (Caroline Zins) |
| Gerold | Mark Seibert / Dennis Henschel (Marcus G. Kulp, Sascha Kurth) |
| Anastasius | Christian Schöne (Lutz Standop) |
| Gudrun | Caroline Zins (Jenny Schlensker) |
| Marioza | Larissa Windegger (Jenny Schlensker) |
| Rabanus / Fulgentius | Lutz Standop (Leon van Leeuwenberg, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Aeskulapius | Reinhard Brussmann (Leon van Leeuwenberg) |
| Arsenius / Ratgar | Leon van Leeuwenberg (Stephan R. Przywara) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Andreas Lichtenberger (Leon van Leeuwenberg) |
| Lothar / Thomas | Marcus G. Kulp (Michael Beck) |
| Richild | Larissa Windegger (Jenny Schlensker, Caroline Zins) |
| Stuttgart 2019 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Sandy Mölling (Kristin Backes) |
| Gerold | Jan Ammann / Matthias Stockinger / Hannes Staffler |
| Anastasius | Christopher Brose / David Jakobs |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Stefanie Kock (Stefanie Gröning) |
| Rabanus | Kevin Tarte / Chris Murray / Felix Martin |
| Aeskulapius | Uwe Kröger (Jens Rainer Kalkmann) |
| Arsenius | Alexander Kerbst (Sebastian Weber, Raffaele Bonazza) |
| Johanna's father | Hannes Staffler / Chris Murray / Christopher Brose / Sebastian Weber |
| Lothar | Raffaele Bonazza (Michael Schneider) |
| Richild | Stefanie Gröning / Marlou Düster / Alexandra Windholz |
| Dancing raven Munin | Stefanie Gröning / Julia Sophie Ladner |
| Dancing raven Hugin | Vera Horn |
| Fuessen 2019 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Misha Kovar (Kristin Backes) |
| Gerold | Matthias Stockinger / Hannes Staffler |
| Anastasius | Christopher Brose |
| Gudrun / Marioza | Stefanie Kock (Stefanie Gröning) |
| Rabanus | Kevin Tarte (Jörg Hilger) |
| Aeskulapius | Alexander Kerbst |
| Arsenius | Sebastian Weber / Lutz Thase |
| Johanna's father / Pope Sergius | Robert Kühn / Sebastian Weber |
| Lothar | Michael Thurner |
| Richild | Stefanie Groening |
| Dancing raven Munin | Marlou gloomy |
| Dancing raven Hugin | Vera Horn |
| Hamelin 2019 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Sabrina Weckerlin (Tina Haas, Isabel Trinkaus, Caroline Zins) |
| Gerold | Mathias Edenborn (Marcus G. Kulp, Sascha Kurth) |
| Anastasius | Christian Schöne (Lutz Standop) |
| Gudrun | Caroline Zins (Tina Haas, Jenny Schlensker) |
| Marioza | Larissa Windegger (Tina Haas, Jenny Schlensker) |
| Rabanus / Fulgentius | Lutz Standop (Leon van Leeuwenberg, Marcus G. Kulp) |
| Aeskulapius | Reinhard Brussmann (Leon van Leeuwenberg) |
| Arsenius / Ratgar | Leon van Leeuwenberg (Marcus G. Kulp, Stephan R. Przywara) |
| Johanna's father / Pope | Andreas Lichtenberger (Leon van Leeuwenberg, Sebastian Lohse) |
| Lothar / Thomas | Marcus G. Kulp (Michael Beck) |
| Richild | Larissa Windegger (Jenny Schlensker) |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd 2020 | |
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| Johanna (Popess) | Misha Kovar / Tina Haas |
| Gerold | Dennis Henschel |
| Anastasius | Marc Trojan |
| Aeskolapius | Kevin Tart |
| Marioza | Michaela Schober |
| Rabanus | Simon Ihlenfeldt |
| Arsenius / Ratgar | Leon van Leeuwenberg |
| Johanna's father | Sebastian Lohse |
| Lothar | Wolfgang Schultes |
| little Johanna | Lara Maria Miter |
| young Johannes | Valentin Schaumann |
| Richild | Melanie Friedrich |
| John | Gabriel Nowak |
| Fulgentius | Christian Unger |
| Pope Sergius | Herbert Schmid |
Songs original cast 2011
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Discography
- 2011: Original cast recording of the world premiere (18 tracks)
- 2012: Original Hameln-Cast single (4 tracks)
- 2012: Papežka Czech cast recording (18 tracks)
Web links
- The Popess website of the organizer
- 2012: The musical “Die Päpstin” in the Pied Piper City of Hameln Internet presence of the organizer with background information and tickets
- Anke Zimmer: "The Popess": Today world premiere in the castle theater. In: Fuldaer Zeitung from June 3, 2011 (with picture gallery).
- Musical star Weckerlin is “The Pope” - world premiere in 2011. In: osthessen-news.de from September 1, 2010
- Dominik Lapp: I am deterred by high admission prices. In: musicalzentrale.de from February 1, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ The songs are brilliant . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: hr-online.de of September 2, 2010, accessed on May 28, 2011.
- ↑ The Pope - The Musical Press Conference (Pope Joan - The Musical). Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Musical "Die Päpstin": Advance preview. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ First career step . April 15, 2011, accessed October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Anke Zimmer: "This 'Popess' won my heart" . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Fuldaer Zeitung of May 20, 2011, accessed on May 27, 2011.
- ↑ From gloomy Fulda to bright Rome . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Fulda newspaper. dated May 7, 2011, accessed May 27, 2011.
- ↑ The Popess - 2011 Original Cast. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ “Popess” visitors donated more than 100,000 euros - a check to the Palliative Foundation . In: Osthessen News. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ↑ Cognito cz, sro, see https://www.cognito.cz : The Popess - Městské divadlo Brno. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Papežka - 2012 Czech Cast. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ The Popess - 2012 Original Hameln Cast. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Never speechless. In: Prague Newspaper. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.lmf.de/pageflip/spielzeitheft_2014_15_web.html
- ↑ City Views - Your News Portal ›“ The Popess ”returns› Culture, Events ›Musical, Nordhausen, Popess, Theater› From the editorial office. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Christoph A. Schmidberger: Musical: The Bachelorette disgraces "Defenseless" . In: Südwestpresse Online Services GmbH (ed.): Swp.de . March 5, 2018 ( swp.de [accessed March 5, 2018]).
- ↑ A pápanő - József Attila Színház. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
- ↑ New "Popess": Isabel Trinkaus steps in for Weckerlin. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
- ↑ The Popess in Hameln 2019 - Bühnenlichter.de. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ^ SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH: With the "Popess" into the second century. February 15, 2020, accessed February 17, 2020 .
