| Sunday 07 June 2026 | 14:00 |
| Wolfgang Katschner | Conductor | |
| Eugenio Monti Colla | Director, Costume Designer | |
| Franco Citterio | Set Designer, Lighting Designer | |
| Cecilia Di Marco | Costume Designer | |
| Lautten Compagney | ||
| Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla e Figli | ||
| Benno Schachtner | Countertenor | Giustino |
| Johanna Kaldewei | Soprano | Anastasio |
| Maria Ladurner | Soprano | Arianna |
| Julia Böhme | Mezzo-soprano | Leocasta |
| Cornelius Uhle | Bass | Amanzio, Polidarte |
| Gwilym Bowen | Tenor | Vitaliano |
Giustino is the second part of the trilogy resulting from the collaboration between lautten compagney BERLIN and the Milan-based marionette theatre Carlo Colla & Figli. The production was first performed in the Goethe Theatre in Bad Lauchstädt in 2017 and now returns to the stage in 2026 in a new configuration. The opera relates the fairy-tale rise of the supposed peasant’s son Giustino to emperor – a Baroque adventure with sea monsters, a bear and royal intrigues, borne along by musical levity and exuberantly imaginative staging. But precisely the abstract nature of puppet theatre transforms this heroic drama into a many-layered reflection on power, identity and male projection, opening up a space for interpretation that enables us to take a new look at “images of men” in the world of opera – right in line with this year’s festival theme.
Tickets:
80/65/30 €
