Walensee stage
The Walensee Stage is an open-air stage in Walenstadt in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland , where musicals have been performed since 2005 .
Performances
Since 2005, musicals have been held on 25 days from mid-July to the end of August on the Walensee stage, and since 2008 only every second year. The organizer of the Walensee stage has been TSW Musical AG since 2010 , previously TSW Event AG . The stage is set up at the Walensee and dismantled again after the event. The open-air grandstand offers around 2000 seats. The productions recorded up to 50,000 visitors per season.
game schedule
| season | Title of the musical | Remarks | spectator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Heidi - The Musical , Part 1 | premiere | - |
| 2006 | Heidi - The Musical, Part 1 | Resumption | - |
| 2007 | Heidi - The Musical, Part 2 | premiere | - |
| 2008 | Heidi - The Musical , Part 2 | Resumption | 27,000 |
| 2010 | The black brothers - the musical | New staging | 41,000 |
| 2012 | Tell - the musical | premiere | 33,500 |
| 2014 | My fair lady | New staging | 36,000 |
| 2015 | Titanic - The Musical | New staging | |
| 2017 | Saturday Night Fever - The Musical | New staging | |
| 2018 | Beauty and the Beast - The Musical | New staging |
Productions
The Abbey Road Concert Gallissas Theaterverlag each developed on behalf of the TSW Musical AG new materials for the Walen stage.
Heidi - The Musical - Part 1 (2005 & 2006)
Heidi - The musical is based on the first Heidi novel by Johanna Spyri and was developed in English for the Walensee stage. The book and lyrics are by Shaun McKenna, the music is by Stephen Keeling, the German translation is by Anja Hauptmann and the creative development is by John Havu. The piece was premiered in 2005 and played again in 2006 due to popular demand. From December 2006 the play was also performed in the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau.
Heidi - The Musical - Part 2 (2007 & 2008)
Heidi - Das Musical - Part 2 is a continuation of the first Heidi musical and is based on the second Heidi novel by Johanna Spyri. The creative team remained the same as with Heidi - Das Musical , but the translation into German came from Stefan Huber . The piece premiered in 2007 and played again in 2008. After only 27,000 spectators saw the play in 2008 instead of the expected 45,000, TSW Event AG had to go bankrupt, which is why there was no further production of a Heidi musical in Walenstadt in 2009.
Heidi - The Musical - Part 3
The creative team of Heidi 1 and 2 wrote a third musical from the life story of Johanna Spyri and the Heidi novels. However, this has not yet been performed.
The Black Brothers - The Musical (2010)
The new production of The Black Brothers - The Musical was staged on the Walensee stage in 2008 under the direction of Holger Hauer . Christoph Weyers and Armin Werner were responsible for the set and costumes, Andreas Felber was the musical director. The choreography was done by Andrea Kingston . The musical tells the Swiss story of the contract children . Around 41,000 visitors followed this story through two chimney sweep boys (Giorgio and Alfredo) on the Walensee stage.
Tell - The Musical (2012)
Tell - The musical by Marc Schubring (music), Wolfgang Adenberg (lyrics), Hans Dieter Schreeb (book) and John Havu (development) based on the drama Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller was premiered in 2012. The film was directed by Nico Rabenald and Christopher Tolle , for the equipment was Christoph Weyers responsible.
With a width of 60 meters, a depth of 30 meters and a height of 13 meters, the stage was the largest system that has ever been installed for the Walensee stage. 4,500 linear meters of round wood and 200 tons of boulders as well as towers and play areas made of scaffolding were used. In the middle of the playing area was an asymmetrically shaped hydraulic seesaw. On top of this there was a hydraulically operated crossbow silhouette , also integrated in the stage floor , from which an illuminated arrow could be extended. More than 33,500 tickets were sold.
My Fair Lady (2014)
The musical My Fair Lady will be re-staged and performed for the Walensee stage in 2014 under the direction of Stanislav Moša . The leading roles are played by Eveline Suter as Eliza Doolittle, Alexander Franzen as Professor Higgins, Sabina Schneebeli as Mrs. Higgins, Christoph Wettstein as Colonel Pickering, Patric Scott as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Dorothée Reize as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Cécile Gschwind as Mrs. Pearce and Urs Affolter as Alfred P. Doolittle. Christoph Weyers is responsible for the set design . It includes a 20 meter wide revolving stage and a steel backdrop, 50 meters long and 13 meters high, which represents the old skyline of London. The production was created in collaboration with the Brno City Theater in the Czech Republic.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ McKenna, Keeling, Havu and Mens revise the "Heidi" musical article from May 31, 2013, accessed on January 20, 2015
- ↑ Chronicle of the Walensee Stage ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Heidi - Das Musical Information page on the Gallissas Theaterverlag website, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ^ The Heidi Trilogy (McKenna & Keeling) video on Youtube, accessed May 5, 2012
- ↑ McKenna, Keeling, Havu and Mens revise the "Heidi" musical article from May 31, 2013, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ^ Tell - Das Musical Information page on the Gallissas Theaterverlag website, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Tell - The Musical on the Walensee Stage ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Information page on the website of the Walensee-Bühne, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Largest built Walensee stage ( memento of August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (formerly the largest built Walensee stage ( memento of August 12, 2012 in the Internet archive ) Walenseebühne stage construction, accessed on August 17, 2012) archive, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ My Fair Lady on the Walensee stage ( 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. Information page on the Walensee-Bühne website, accessed on May 27, 2014
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