The painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) will become a stage character at his long-standing place of work in Dresden. Under the title "The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog", the play with music by the band Silbermond will premiere on July 11, Comödie Dresden announced - and wrote of a "modern story about two lost souls in search of hope".
"The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" is a famous painting by Friedrich, who was born in Greifswald and lived in Dresden for more than four decades. The musical is said to focus on two souls: The painter Friedrich, a quiet loner who prefers to paint his feelings in landscapes rather than put them into words, and Edgar, a young climate activist of today - angry, insecure, full of questions about himself and the world.
