Musical summer Winzendorf
The musical summer in Winzendorf has been taking place every year since 2017 on the stage next to the disused limestone quarry near Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf near Wiener Neustadt . The musical summer produces one musical staging with 15 performances per season. The musical summer was launched in 2016 by producers Benedikt Karasek and Jérôme Berg. The directorship has Marika Lichter held. With its 800 seats, the quarry is one of the largest musical venues in Lower Austria. Together with the Winzendorf Festival , the stage will be used throughout the summer.
history
Winzendorf Festival: Karl May Festival
In 1994, 13 actors from the Karl May Games Gföhl brought the Karl May Festival in Winzendorf to life and adapted the disused quarry to a stage. Brigitte Flechl is entered in the register of associations as the founder of the festival, and Martin Exel is the artistic director of the Karl May Festival. As one of the largest festivals in Lower Austria, the Winzendorf Festival is an important factor in regional cultural development. Exel left the stage for some time in the 90s, but returned in 2004 as commercial director and produced Karl May and western pieces together with artistic director Thomas Koziol. In the first few years there was no artistic director or artistic director, but rather changing directors. From 2007 to 2011 the stage was given to the Gföhler organizer Dr. Anton Rohrmoser leases. Martin Exel bought the site in 2012 and had it completely renovated, the auditorium and stage covered and the western town renewed. The new concept proved to be successful with 12,000 visitors. In 2020 the musical summer in Winzendorf was canceled due to the measures taken against the coronavirus.
Stage and location
The stage is embedded at the foot of the quarry. The quarry has a 1500 m² open-air stage , 797 seats and 200 parking spaces. In 2012 the venue was taken over by Martin Exel, under whose direction the facility was completely refurbished, the auditorium and stage roofed over and the western town renewed. The capacity was reduced from 11,000 to 800 people. Since the renovation, the venue has been the only open-air stage in Lower Austria that is independent of the weather . The modern lighting and sound technology allows productions that do justice to a musical stage. Another special feature of the venue is the cinema seating .
Western town and supporting program
According to owner Martin Exel, the stage in the Winzendorf quarry was the first stage with Westernstadt. Numerous activities for children are offered here, such as face painting, drawing, target shooting, archery, etc. and, in some cases, a preliminary program on the saloon stage. The gastronomy of the western town at the musical summer is based on evaluations of audience surveys from previous seasons as well as on the content of the piece in order to be able to cater to the audience under the catchphrase "experience gastronomy". With this, the stage with Westernstadt is in the tradition of the Lower Austrian Festival, which places great emphasis on an overall concept instead of a purely representative theater. From the train station, the stage and western town can be reached in 5 minutes.
Cooperations with Mohr-Sederl Fruchtwelt, the Schneebergland and the Viennese Alps enable a more comprehensive offer for musical visitors.
Audience research and quality assurance
The producers Berg and Karasek adjust their program to the supply and demand of the culture. For example, quality management processes have to be carried out at the musical summer and audience research methods are used to ensure that quality is maintained.
Productions
Zorro - The Musical, 2017
"Zorro - the musical" tells the story of the young Diego, who as Zorro becomes the avenger of the people, based on the novel by Isabel Allende and to the music of the Gipsy Kings . The play was staged in Winzendorf in 2017.
| position | Surname |
|---|---|
| Director | Andreas Gergen |
| musical direction | Lior Kretzer |
| choreography | Sabine Arthold |
| mask | Maja Storbeck |
| costume | Gerlinde Höglhammer |
| Stunt choreography | Sascha Hödl |
| Zorro | Armin Kahl |
| Inez | Ana Milva Gomes |
| Luisa | Franziska Kemna |
| Ramon | Christoph Apfelbeck |
| Sergent Garcia | Martin Berger |
| Don Alejandro | Christian-Peter Hauser |
| Young Diego | Elias Trausmuth |
| Young Luisa | Nina Hübner, Patricia Mitsch, Nina Lehmann |
| Young Ramon | Florian Buketics |
| ensemble | Romina Stella, Rahel Fuhrimann, Julia Hübner, Lisa Radl,
Sophie Schüssler, Bianca Stocker, Sarah Zippusch , Kilian Berger, Paul Csitkovits, Martin Enekel, Florian Klein, Rico Salathe |
| music | Jam Music Lab Orchestra |
3 Musketeers - The Musical, 2018
" 3 Musketeers - The Musical", based on the adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas' " The Three Musketeers ", shows how the young d'Artagnan accompanies the music by the Bolland brothers (known for the Falco hit "Rock me Amadeus") Courage and help of the three musketeers for love, honor and France fights. The complete cast has not yet been determined.
| position | Surname |
|---|---|
| Director | Andreas Gergen |
| musical direction | Lior Kretzer |
| choreography | Sabine Arthold |
| mask | Maja Storbeck |
| costume | Gerlinde Höglhammer |
| D'Artagnan | Christopher Dederichs |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Armin Kahl |
| Milady de Winter | Lisa Antoni |
| Constance | Zoe Straub |
| Athos | Christoph Apfelbeck |
| Porthos | Dirk Seven Morning |
| Aramis | Florian Fetterle |
| Rochefort | Lorenz Sandmair |
| Queen Anna | Sarah Zippusch |
| ensemble | Rahel Fuhrmann, Lisa Radl, Bianca Stocker,
Romina Stella, Nadine Zemp, Kilian Berger, Diego Federico, Florian Klein, Maximilian Millen, Kevin Valentine, Max Vazquez |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Doris Hotz: Festival in Lower Austria 1945 - 2009 . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78300-8 , p. 225-227 .
- ↑ Jerome Berg, Benedikt Karasek: Musical Summer Winzendorf. In: Musicalsommer Winzendorf homepage. Association for the Promotion of Young Women Artists in Modern Music Theater, July 1, 2017, accessed on January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Martin Exel: The villain of Gföhl and the history of the Karl May Festival. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
- ^ Cancellations in Winzendorf and Kirchstetten. In: orf.at. April 29, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Musical Summer Winzendorf - A special kind of experience. Accessed on January 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Musicalsommer Winzendorf - A special kind of experience. Accessed on January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Actor. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Actor. Retrieved June 7, 2018 .