Antikenfestspiele

The Antiquity Festival in Trier were, by the then Mayor Jürgen Grabbe, as well as the former director of the Trier city theater, Heinz Kindermann Luke into being in 1998. For performance were works from the musical theater and drama that content back to ancient materials. The Antikenfestspiele found a year by 2010 in the period June-July as part of the cultural summer Rhineland-Palatinate place and were accompanied by an antiques Symposium at the University of Trier.

After the Antikenfestspiele times were renamed as limited liability company and they were recently re-connected the theater Trier.

2009, the festival of the city was canceled for financial reasons. During the forced break, the festival director came up with a new concept. In 2010 the festival was held for the last time, this resulted in a decline of around 220,000 euros. In November 2010, the city councilors decided not to continue the Antiquity Festival. The event had in spite of high artistic quality can not establish a sufficient degree. For the city of Trier is not responsible for them in view of their high debt further funding.

These works since 1998

  • "God " - comedy by Woody Allen
  • " The Persians " - Tragedy of Aeschylus
  • 2002 " Norma" - opera by Vincenzo Bellini
  • " Orpheus in the Underworld" - operetta by Jacques Offenbach
  • "Elektra" - Acting Performance of the Teatro Atalaya
  • " Julius Caesar " - Drama by William Shakespeare
  • 2005 "Quo Vadis " - musical with songs by Konstantin Wecker; Book and lyrics by Gerold Theobalt,
  • " Attila " - opera by Giuseppe Verdi
  • 2006 "Medea" - Drama by Euripides
  • 2007 " Samson et Dalila " - opera by Camille Saint- Saëns
  • " Oedipus the King " - tragedy by Sophocles
  • 2008 "Nabucco" - opera by Giuseppe Verdi
  • " Antigone " - tragedy by Sophocles
  • 2009 One-year suspension
  • 2010 Nerone - opera by Arrigo Boito
  • Oedipus / Antigone - tragedies by Sophocles
  • The Aeneid - dramatization of Olivier Kemeid ( Educational Theatre Project )
  • 2011 No performances

The Antique Festival regularly worked with renowned artists, including:

Venues

The Antikenfestspiele were an open- air festival. As the following venues Roman buildings were:

In bad weather, the city Theater Trier served, the former church of St. Maximin or the Arena Trier as a fallback game sites.

Classical antiquity Convention (meeting) Plautus Richard Strauss Oedipus rex (opera) Arthur Honegger Salome (opera) Norma (opera) Rienzi Andechs Attila (opera) Ariadne auf Naxos Samson and Delilah (opera) Antigone (Sophocles) Trier Amphitheater Trier Imperial Baths Trier Arena
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