Der Teufel und Margarita

In the organizer's words:

The Devil and Margarita: Cult Classic Goes Rock-N-Roll!

Preview: songs (in English) and staged reading (in German) -- no fully rehearsed introduction!

The translator/author Alexandra Berlina and the composer Dmitri Chuvelev have no respect for classical music! And so Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was turned into a rock musical comedy. In The Devil and Margarita, Satan himself arrives in Stalinist Moscow with his demonic crew, turns the city upside down and, at Margarita's behest, rescues her beloved writer from the madhouse. The libretto reinforces the grotesque, humorous and decadent - and the music provides plenty of drive!

A dream team of experienced amateurs and professionals under the musical direction of pianist Igor Kirillov performs the songs and gives a staged reading. The songs are sung in English and played in German - and if you pay close attention, you might even pick up a word or two in Russian!

Tickets: jazz-schmiede.de/veranstaltungen/2025/11/der-teufel-und-margarita
More at: https://thedevilandmargarita.com, https://rp-online.de/kultur/der-teufel-und-margarita-in-der-jazz-schmiede_aid-136969825

(With the support of Kulturamt Düsseldorf, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf and Bezirksvertretung 03)

Price information:

€ 7.50 for pupils, students, trainees, civil servants, Düsselpass holders and severely disabled people € 15 for all others