Eva‘s Return. Der Apfel war erst der Anfang. – Eine musikalisch-literarische Spurensuche durch Jahrhunderte weiblicher Perspektiven | zamus: early music festival 2026

In the organizer's words:

Eva's apples
Katharina Dustmann - direction, recitation, percussion
Hajnalka Péter - recitation, singing
Jule Bauer - key fiddle, singing
Laura Jörres - key fiddle, baroque violin
Lucia Mense - flutes
Daniela Heiderich - harp, bagpipes
Ricarda Hornych - theorbo, baroque guitar

A mythological narrative about guilt, shame and exclusion begins with the bite into the apple. But what if this moment is not read as a fall from grace, but as a departure into a self-determined experience of lust, desire - and power? "Eva's Return" is a musical and literary search for traces through centuries of female perspectives: secret desires, open provocations, delicate allusions and passionate drama. The program includes vocal and instrumental music by composers of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods, accompanied by texts, letters and poems by women whose voices have long been ignored or censored. The focus is not on eroticism as an object of male fantasy, but as an expression of female self-assertion. The look into the past is not accompanied by remorse - but by pleasure.

Vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods

Individual concert of the zamus: early music marathons with four short concerts and a dance ball.

Day ticket marathon 35/25€
Single concert 18/12€
Each plus VVK fees

Tickets available online via zamusfestival.de and zamus.de, by phone on +49 221 9874 38 21 (Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00-14:00) and on site at the Neumarkt box office (Mon-Sat 10:00-18:30, ticket hotline +49 221 42 07 6000 or via tickets@theaterkasse-neumarkt.de)

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