zeitoper VII: Zivilcourage (Civil Courage) by Gordon Kampe

DER SOMMER IN STUTTGART ’09

With Civil Courage, the Stuttgart State Opera’s »zeitoper« (opera of the times) series and the Akademie Schloss Solitude dedicate themselves to a topic within architectural/acoustic city research. The focus is on the »public space«. What does it mean? Is it a city’s center of life, a stage for an ideal world or a haven for the disenfranchised? What happens when this place becomes a location for discussion and interpersonal understanding?

Director and Solitude fellow Marcelo Cardoso Gama explores the »public space« with these questions. Who demonstrates for whom or what? It’s not a hero, but rather the people and their everyday lives stand in the epicenter – represented by members of the choir of the State Opera of Stuttgart, youths from the »Junge Oper«, children from the Children’s Choir and members of the Paul-Gerhardt Choir. Director: Marcelo Cardoso Gama, musical director: Bernhard Epstein

Premiere on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 8:30pm. Additional performances on July 18, 20, 22 and 26, 8:30pm
Prices: 15 euros/8 euros reduced

Advance tickets available at 0711- 202090, Online sales: www.staatstheater-stuttgart.de, ticket sales during the day in the opera house and at the door one hour before the performance.

A project of the Stuttgart State Opera and the Akademie Schloss Solitude under the auspices of »Summer in Stuttgart 09«.