KATRIN LION
WAGNER
For everybody!
"With the stage program "Wagner for everybody" even non-Wagnerians are taken on a voyage of discovery into the realm of giants, gods and heroes. With a little wink, a dash of humor and musical highlights from Wagner's operas, it's an experience, of course
Wagnerian, three hours of excitement and entertainment."
program
Narrator: Katrin Lion
Bass monologues: Michael Lion
Welcome Katrin Lion
The Flying Dutchman
Narrator:
How a cocky Dutchman learned to fly.
Dutch:
"The deadline is over"
Parsifal
Narrator:
Klingsor's burden with lust and the theft of the holy spear.
Gurnemanz:
"Titurel, the pious hero"
Narrator:
How an ignorant brat first kills a sacred swan
and then saves the Grail Knights.
Gurnemanz:
"Good Friday Magic"
Tristan and Isolde
Narrator:
How Tristan meets Isolde and then his
Uncle is cheating on her.
Brand:
"Did you really do it?"
The Valkyrie
Narrator:
How Wotan becomes hopelessly entangled in his dilemma.
Wotan:
"What I tell no one in words"
PAUSE
Narrator:
Brünnhilde's welcome disobedience, Wotan's punishment and Brünnhilde's solution.
Wotan's Farewell:
"Farewell, you bold, glorious child"
- The Twilight of the Gods
Narrator:
How Siegfried slays the dragon, breaks Grandpa's spear, awakens his aunt and falls for Hagen's nasty trick.
Twilight of the Gods, Hagen:
"Here I sit on guard"
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Narrator:
How a knight stirs up Nuremberg's craftsmen, and why we tend to overlook the fact that lilacs don't bloom in June.
Sachs - Lilac Monologue
"How sweet the lilac smells"
Narrator:
How an evening brawl in Nuremberg came about.
Sachs - Delusional Monologue
"Madness, madness, madness everywhere"
Narrator:
How it happens that a shoemaker sets a knight's head straight.
Sachs:
"Do not despise the masters"
Encore: "You make it easy for yourself..."
The starting point of the program is always the plot of a particular opera, which is presented in a lively manner by Katrin Lion. The versatile actress and singer knows very well how to incorporate a charming bon mot or come up with well-researched background information.
As a listener, you are taken on a highly dramatic journey from the "Flying Dutchman" to "Parsifal", "Tristan and Isolde" and the mighty tetralogy "The Ring of the Nibelung" to the "Meistersinger von Nürnberg". Power, love and betrayal in the most diverse constellations and often entangled situations.
By Aaron Heinrich
Source: Freie Wort Sonneberg
