Regina

In the organizer's words:

Opera in three acts | Libretto by the composer | In German with German surtitles

for ages 15 and up

Long live freedom! 1848, when the freemason Albert Lortzing writes his impressive last opera "Regina", is a revolution. And it is precisely this revolution and its social unrest that is the content and special feature of this work, which Lortzing named after his wife: Two politically active factory workers love Regina, the daughter of the factory owner Simon. But they belong to different camps. One of them, Stephan, is a radical rebel who occupies the factory and holds Regina in his power. However, she is engaged to the more peace-loving Richard. This political conflict leads to the point where Stephan is ready to blow up everyone and everything. How far will Regina go to restore peace?

Due to its explosive nature, Lortzing's revolutionary opera was kept under lock and key for a long time and even at its premiere in 1899, it was only performed in a censored version long after Lortzing's death. Lortzing knew what it was like to work hard and still not have enough. But the bourgeois family of artists around his wife and colleague Regina and their many children always stuck together. There is something unique about this opera rarity, and the desire for peace and freedom could not be more relevant today. In 1849, the magazine "Signale" wrote about the dreamer Lortzing and his opera: "'Regina' he will keep for the time being until better times."