Béatrice et Bénédict

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MUSIC THEATER

Theater am Goetheplatz

Opéra-comique in two acts by Hector Berlioz
after William Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing"
In French language with German overtext
Musical direction: Stefan Klingele
Director: Susanne Lietzow

The war is over and the dream of marriage, domestic bliss and sofa coziness seems within reach - at least for Hero and Claudio. Béatrice and Bénédict, on the other hand, are self-declared love skeptics and marriage grouches who express what they think of each other in sharp-tongued verbal battles: namely nothing. How do you pair up two die-hard singles who know no greater fun than insulting each other? You whisper to them that one is hopelessly in love with the other - and vice versa.

With "Béatrice et Bénédict", based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", Hector Berlioz ends his career as a composer with a melancholy smile and spins a subtle, musical comedy about love, its possibilities and the oscillation between the desire for intimate connection and the fear of losing one's autonomy.