AIDA Sunday in Dessau

In the afternoon we went to the theatre of Dessau for the opera Aida. I love that theatre of my home town. We ve been allowed to take place at a little discussion about Regietheater and calling a piece werkstreu or werkgerecht (have to look that up, will do that asap) at a quarter past 4 pm. The introduction to the piece was held public by Felix Losert and the piece finally started at 5 pm.

Read and see more here: http://www.anhaltisches-theater.de/aida

It was really modern/brought into today and it reminded me so much the wars that are going on right now, that I wonder how it would have looked like in the times of Verdi. With kings that looks like kings and princesses that look like princesses. You know - like going to the theatre on christmas and being bewitched by the fairy tales and costumes and the romantic music.
But, well, thats not the only intention of theatre, he? It might be true, that some people go to the classics to relax. But in the end, isnt there a responsibility of the tasks of a theatre? I ve been definitely not only given relaxation by the great music but also been opened my eyes again for fights that are going on nowadays. Even though we live in the 21st century and humans might think, that they learned from the past...It seems like as long long as there are human beings and as long as they can suffer from enviousness and missing love there will be fights about what ever they think its worth fighting for. 
Anhaltisches Theater Dessau: you did a great job on this opera. I am happy that such amazing productions are played in my home town and I am proud to see that the theatre is been well filled this Sunday night.