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The Last Conspiracy

Volksoper Vienna, Volksoper, Vienna, Austria
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Important Info
Type: Operetta
City: Vienna, Austria
Starts at: 18:00
Acts: 2
Intervals: 1
Duration: 2h 30min

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

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If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Overview

The Last Conspiracy (Die letzte Verschwörung) is a parodic ride through the abysses of today's conspiracy myths. The successful talkshow host Friedrich Quant gets caught up in a whirlwind of conspiracy theories, and they are all true.

Everything starts with a fateful encounter with a supposed flat-earther, through which Quant falls more and more into the world of conspiracy theories. But every time he thinks he has revealed the truth, another incredible conspiracy opens up. Around every corner lurks yet another new explanation for the world, one that is even more outlandish, but at the same time even more real than the previous one. This leads to an increasingly burlesque plot involving subterranean reptilian creatures, aliens, artificial intelligences, simulated worlds and even pizzas made of human flesh. When Quant finally uncovers the "final conspiracy", nothing is ever the same again. Or is it?

Hardly anyone is more suited to writing a contemporary operetta than Moritz Eggert. He composes undiluted music that conveys a clear message to a broad audience. In terms of structure and dramaturgy, this work combines Offenbach's early operettas with the most modern theatrical language. Eggert says: "The history of operetta is marked by a touch of nostalgia and, of course, entertainment. Traditionally, however, operetta has also always been associated with critical theatre that deals with current issues. The Last Conspiracy is part of this tradition.

History
Premiere of this production: 25 March 2023, Volksoper Vienna, Vienna
Synopsis

Act I

Friedrich Quant is a successful talk show host who enjoys making fools of his guests. Dieter Urban, a nerdy flat-earther, is no exception. After the show Urban gives Quant a mysterious envelope. At home his children find holiday photos in the envelope that show a strange difference to the original photos: the background sceneries are painted, and very badly so. The same night Quant receives a message from Urban: He wants to meet up to show him “the truth”.

Quant is curious and they meet in the city park. Urban is accompanied by a young woman named Lara Lechner, the two try to convince Quant that the earth is in fact flat. Quant goes home confused and delves into countless websites that offer the wildest theories. Plagued by strange dreams, he barely sleeps the night. The next day he has another date with Urban, but this time only Lara shows up. A love scene follows.

Quant disappears more and more into the world of conspiracy theories, even his wife and his best friend Edgar Binder cannot get him away from it. On the bus he meets Mr Goodman, who warns him that "this thing" is too big for him.

Quant suggests to his TV boss Georgina von Solingen to do a special on Urban's theories. She firmly rejects his plan. Quant observes her exchanging strange hand signals with the chancellor's PR manager. At home, his friend Binder and his wife are suddenly sitting together at the table like a married couple. The children also cannot remember that Quant has ever been their father. Confused, Quant meets up again with Lara, who is accompanied by Mr Goodman. He now presents himself to Quant as an FBI agent fighting a reptilian conspiracy. All three are surprised by men in black and paralyzed with beams.

Act II

Quant is in hospital. His manager Alois Dunkler sits by his bedside and suggests they start an internet channel called "Intelligent Resistance". Quant becomes a star, educating people about the supposed world conspiracy with some lurid videos. During a gathering of Quant's supporters, Lara reveals important information about a mobile phone deal the chancellor signed with Russian investors: it could be a trick by the Reptilians to enslave the humans. Lara and Quant head to the Chancellor's mansion, where they meet Mr Goodman, who wants to stop them. After an argument, Goodman is revealed to be Urban, who has been playing a double game all along.

Lara and Quant enter the villa and walk in on the chancellor having sex with the Russian investor. Both turn out to be Reptilians. Quant shoots the reptiles and flees with Lara. An UFO appears above them and abducts them. Captain Gord presents himself to them as the protector of humanity: Lara is to be impregnated with his seed and conceive a messiah. Quant shoots Gord and again manages to escape with Lara.

Back in the city, they gather with Dunkler in a pizzeria. When other guests suddenly communicate with each other using the hand signals they have observed before, Lara and Quant become suspicious. They flee to the kitchen and discover that the pizza has been made with human flesh. Georgina von Solingen and Dunkler turn out to be involved in this “pizza gate”. Quant and Lara see no other way out than to shoot themselves in the head.

When Quant awakens, he finds himself in an unknown place. A voice tells him that his whole life so far has only been a computer simulation and that he can now learn the truth thanks to the "SYSTEM". Lara appears as an android and wants to embrace Quant, but he is still not convinced that this is really "the final conspiracy" ...

Venue Info

Volksoper Vienna - Vienna
Location   Währinger Strasse 78

The Vienna Volksoper is a major opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions during an annual season which runs from September through June.

Volksoper Vienna was built in 1898 as the Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater (Kaiser's Jubilee Civic Theatre), originally producing only plays. Because of the very brief construction period (10 months) the first director Adam Müller-Gutenbrunn had to start with debts of 160,000 gulden. After this inauspicious startup the Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater had to declare bankruptcy five years later in 1903.

On 1 September 1903 Rainer Simons took over the house and renamed it the Kaiserjubiläum-Stadttheater - Volksoper (public opera). His intention was to continue the production of plays but also establish series of opera and operetta. The first Viennese performances of Tosca and Salome were given at the Volksoper in 1907 and 1910 respectively. World-famous singers such as Maria Jeritza, Leo Slezak and Richard Tauber appeared there; the conductor Alexander Zemlinsky became the first bandmaster in 1906.

In the years up to and through the First World War the Volksoper attained a position as Vienna's second prestige opera house. In 1919, Felix Weingartner became Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. He was followed as Director by Hugo Gruder-Guntram. After 1929, it focused on light opera, and under Gruder-Guntram undertook a number of summer tours to Abbazia in 1935, Cairo and Alexandria in 1937 and throughout Italy in 1938, with guest appearances from Richard Tauber. After the Second World War, the Vienna Volksoper became the alternative venue to the devastated Vienna State Opera. In 1955 the Volksoper returned to its former role of presenting opera, operetta, and musicals.

From September 1991 to June 1996 the Vienna Volksoper was under a collective leadership with the Vienna State Opera. In 1999 the Volksoper became a 100% subsidiary of the Bundestheater-Holding. Since 1 September 2007 Robert Meyer has headed the Volksoper as artistic director together with the business manager Christoph Ladstätter. Each season includes about 25 productions, a total of approximately 300 performances—a performance almost every day. In addition to opera, operetta, musicals and ballet, there are special performances and children's programs.

Important Info
Type: Operetta
City: Vienna, Austria
Starts at: 18:00
Acts: 2
Intervals: 1
Duration: 2h 30min
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