From classical music and Frank Sinatra's greatest hits to film music from Star Wars and Jurassic Park: the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra wants to delight music fans of all kinds in 2025 with a summer concert series against an impressive backdrop. "The open-air concerts on Theaterplatz are more varied than they can be experienced in any other German city," announced designated General Music Director Benjamin Reiners. The whole range from serious symphonic music to cross-over projects with contemporary pop musicians will be on offer. The venue will be Theaterplatz with its historic backdrop of the King Albert Museum, Opera House and St. Peter's Church.
Piece on Kindertransports 1938/1939
The other sections of Chemnitz Theatre are also preparing a wide variety of projects for the 2025 Capital of Culture year. The planned premiere of the opera "Rummelplatz" based on the novel by Werner Bräunig and a dance voyage of discovery based on James Joyce's "Ulysses" have been known for some time. Under the working title "Archaeology of Things", the puppet theater is planning a play about found objects from Chemnitz garages as well as a theater project on the history of the Kindertransports in 1938 and 1939. Jewish children were taken abroad to protect them from National Socialist persecution, many of whom never saw their parents again.
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