Chaplin

Oper Leipzig, Opernhaus, Leipzig, Germany

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Type: Modern Ballet

City: Leipzig, Germany

Starts at: 19:00

Duration: 1h 30min

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Overview

A bowler hat, a black moustache, an expressive walking stick and a long-tailed coat with baggy trousers: here comes the unmistakable silhouette of the much-loved Charlie Chaplin on stage at the Opéra de Lausanne!

German choreographer Mario Schröder created this first ballet dedicated to Charlie Chaplin in Leipzig in 2010, as a tribute to the man, the artist and his universal film-making that left an indelible imprint on the history of the seventh art. From his poverty-stricken childhood to his Hollywood triumph, from his love affairs to his exile, Chaplin’s story is told through his life and his roles. He is embodied through a Charlie/Charlot, creator/creature duet, in a clever mise en abîme emotionally recounting the birth of the legendary vagabond.

To evoke Chaplin in a way devoid of humor and poetry would be to miss the spirit of his tender, satirical gaze. Living up to the spirit of its illustrious model, the ballet induces both wonderment and laughter, such as Adolf Hitler’s irresistible dance with the globe. It subtly questions the artist’s place in society, as well as the excesses of technology and totalitarian policies.

The spectacular set design immerses viewers in a 1920s cinema. On stage, a screen flashes back to films such as Modern Times and The Dictator, bringing characters to life through the magic of shadow puppets. Danced to music as varied as that of Benjamin Britten, Arvo Pärt, Samuel Barber, John Adams and Richard Wagner, this ballet will be performed by the entire company of the Opéra national du Rhin Ballet.

Performed with recorded music

Venue Info

Oper Leipzig - Leipzig
Augustusplatz 12

Oper Leipzig is one of the most famous and oldest opera houses in Europe. Oper Leipzig stands for the highest musical and craft quality. It is based on active ensemble culture and the promotion of young singers. The program ranges from opera, opera, operetta, musical to classic and modern ballet. There are also numerous offers and in-house productions for children, young adults and families.

Oper Leipzig forms the roof for a three-division house consisting of an opera, Leipzig ballet and musical comedy. Located in the Opera House (Opera & Leipzig Ballet) in the center of Leipzig and in the Dreilinden House (Musical Comedy) in the Lindenau district, it has a tradition of more than 325 years of musical theater care in Leipzig. In 1693 the first opera house on Brühl was opened as the third bourgeois music theater in Europe after Venice and Hamburg. Since 1840, the world-famous Gewandhaus Orchestra has played on all performances of opera and ballet. Prof. Ulf Schirmer has been General Music Director of the Leipzig Opera since the 2009/10 season. Under his musical direction, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss' works in particular become the focus of the repertoire.

Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspiel performances beginning in the year 1693. The director of many of those early operas at the original Opernhaus auf dem Brühl was Telemann.

The Leipzig Opera does not have its own opera orchestra – the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs as its orchestra. This relationship began in 1766 with performances of the Singspiel Die verwandelten Weiber, oder Der Teufel ist los by Johann Adam Hiller.

The previous theater (the "Neues Theater") was inaugurated on 28 January 1868 with Jubilee Overture by Carl Maria von Weber and the overture for Iphigénie en Aulide by Gluck and Goethe's play Iphigenia in Tauris. From 1886 to 1888, Gustav Mahler was the second conductor; Arthur Nikisch was his superior. During an air raid in the night of 3 December 1943, part of the bombing of Leipzig in World War II, the theater was destroyed, as were all Leipzig's theatres.

Construction of the modern opera house began in 1956. The theater was inaugurated on 8 October 1960 with a performance of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

Since 2009, Ulf Schirmer is the Generalmusikdirektor (General Music Director, or GMD); he was elected artistic director in 2011 for a five-year term.

Important Info

Type: Modern Ballet

City: Leipzig, Germany

Starts at: 19:00

Duration: 1h 30min

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