Die Carmen von St. Pauli

In the organizer's words:

by Peter Jordan & Leonhard Koppelmann
With the music of Georges Bizet
Arranged by Matthias Stötzel & Uwe Granitza

Almost everyone knows the melodies and arias from George Bizet's "Carmen"; it is not for nothing that this opera is one of the most frequently performed operas of all time. Following their huge success with Brecht's "Threepenny Opera", Peter Jordan & Leonhard Koppelmann are now venturing to transplant this grand opera to the small St. Pauli Theater.

For their wild venture, they have recruited two musical wizards, Uwe Granitza and Matthias Stötzel, who dress the well-known melodies in a new, surprising guise that is sometimes chanson, sometimes Caribbean flair, Roaring Twenties, New Orleans jazz - and sometimes reminiscent of Brecht and Weill.

Not by chance - because this "Carmen" is set in St. Pauli in the 1920s. The story follows the UfA film from 1927 - which even features on stage, with silent film greats Jenny Jugo and Willy Fritsch, as well as moving images of life and work in the harbor and the wild Kiez. A brilliant ensemble around Anneke Schwabe as Carmen from Bramfeld, and the former James Bond villain Götz Otto - who is also allowed to show his darkest side here -, Holger Dexne as his opponent Klaus Brandt and Victoria Fleer as Salvation Army boss Maria, perform in an atmospherically dense harbor story, set somewhere between "Großer Freiheit Nr. 7" and "Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins".

Jordan and Koppelmann stage a great revue on the stage of the St. Pauli Theater with everything that goes with it: comic and dramatic moments, many great dance ensemble numbers, wonderful songs and, of course, lots of fun!

With: Holger Dexne, Patrick Heyn, Glenn Goltz/Robert Höller, Götz Otto, Stephan Schad, Victoria Fleer, Nadja Petri, Anneke Schwabe

Ensemble: René Becker, Fabian Broermann, Felicia Jackson, Arvid Johansson, Maya May Sian Oei, Anna Winter

Price information:

St. Pauli Theater ticket hotline: (040) 4711 0 666, st-pauli-theater.de and at all known advance booking offices