Undine

In the organizer's words:

Romantic magic opera in four acts | Libretto by the composer, based on the story "Undine" by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué | In German with German surtitles

Duration: 2 3/4 hours | 1 intermission | ages 14 and up

Undines, female water creatures, can only attain an immortal soul by marrying an earthly man. But what price must be paid for this? What constitutes a soul? The story of a love of life and death begins in a secluded fishing hut belonging to an old couple and their foster daughter Undine. When Knight Hugo finds refuge from a storm in this hut, he and Undine fall in love and get married. Even before they are to return to the city together, Undine whispers a warning to her newlywed: "O hold fast to your faith and remain true to your oath that I am your happiness, your everything!", because if Undine's love is betrayed, so the old tales say, she will have to kill the unfaithful man and return to the water from which she once came.

Almost 180 years ago, Albert Lortzing had to leave the Leipzig City Theater for tragic reasons, but his music is inextricably linked to Leipzig and always returns full of poetry and power! Albert Lortzing himself states: "This opera must please. I assure you that there are pieces of music whose effects I would not have guessed."