Festival in the palace garden
The festival in the castle garden (also called the castle garden festival or castle garden festival ) in Neustrelitz is considered to be the largest operetta festival in Germany.
history
The festival in the palace garden was founded by Christoph Dammann, then artistic director of the Landestheater Neustrelitz, together with Lothar Kempf.
Since 2001 the Neustrelitz Castle Park has been the venue for the Castle Garden Festival. Due to the renovation of the castle park, the festival has been taking place on the Schlossberg since 2013, in the immediate vicinity of the Friedrich Wilhelm Buttelschen castle church. The festival series for the 300th anniversary of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz started with an operetta pasticcio about Queen Luise , specially compiled by Christoph Dammann , with a new text by the author Horst Vincon . In previous years, up to 30,000 spectators attended the festival every year in summer. In 2019 there were around 14,000.
The organizer is Theater und Orchester GmbH Neubrandenburg / Neustrelitz . The productions are created by the in-house music theater ensemble, supported by numerous guests and residents of Neustrelitz as well as the Deutsche Tanzkompanie Neustrelitz and the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic.
Productions
- 2001: Queen Luise - Queen of Hearts - operetta pasticcio by Christoph Dammann with music by Johann Strauss , Jacques Offenbach and Walter Kollo as well as a text book by Horst Vincon.
- 2002: In the White Horse Inn - Singspiel by Ralph Benatzky
- 2003: Die Csárdásfürstin - Operetta in three acts by Emmerich Kálmán
- 2004: Queen Luise - A Queen Dances - Operetta Libretto by Oliver Hohlfeld
- 2005: The Merry Widow - Operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár
- 2006: The Bird Trader - Operetta in three acts by Carl Zeller
- 2007: One night in Venice - operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss
- 2008: Frau Luna - operetta by Paul Lincke
- 2009: Die Fledermaus - Operetta by Johann Strauss
- 2010: Queen Luise - Queen of Hearts - Operetta with music by Johann Strauss, Jacques Offenbach , Carl Millöcker
- 2011: The Land of Smiles - Operetta by Franz Lehár
- 2012: The begging student - operetta by Carl Millöcker
- 2013: Countess Mariza - operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
- 2014: The Count of Luxembourg - Operetta by Franz Lehár
- 2015: Hello, Dolly! - Musical by Jerry Herman
- 2016: In the White Horse Inn - Singspiel by Ralph Benatzky
- 2017: The Gypsy Baron - Operetta by Johann Strauss
- 2018: As once in May - operetta by Walter and Willi Kollo
- 2019: The Bajadere - Operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
- 2020: canceled
In addition to the operetta productions, children's plays (mostly with music) were also offered (e.g. Ronja the robber's daughter , Peter Pan , The Jungle Book , Pippi Longstocking , Around the World in 80 Days , The Emperor's New Clothes ), either on the main stage in the palace gardens or in a circus tent on the Schlossberg. Concerts by various bands and various gala evenings were also held.
Web links
- Literature about festivals in the castle garden in the state bibliography MV
- Official website of the organizer
- Festival on the website of the city of Neustrelitz
- Website of the Theater und Orchester GmbH Neubrandenburg / Neustrelitz
Individual evidence
- ↑ zabel: Largest Operetta Festival in Germany going into its fourth year. In: nmz.de - Neue Musikzeitung. June 19, 2004, accessed April 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Press Foundation of the Festival. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Venue on the festival website ( Memento from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Venue on the website of the Festival ( Memento from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ dpa / mv: Operetta season started in Neustrelitz. In: welt.de. June 28, 2019, accessed April 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Heiko Kreft: Corona: Theater Neustrelitz hardly catches up with productions. In: ndr.de. April 14, 2020, accessed April 14, 2020 .