Gandersheimer Domfestspiele
The Gandersheimer Domfestspiele place every year from early July to mid-August in Bad Gandersheim. The largest open-air theater in Lower Saxony is one of the most traditional festivals in Germany.
History
The Domfestspiele is attributable to the celebrations marking the 1100 anniversary of the founding of the pen Gander home. In 1952, the historic outdoor game "The Song of Gander Home " by Herta Sellschopp was staged on the Gandersheimer marketplace by Eberhard Gieseler at a large festival week.
In the summer of 1959 took place under the legal responsibility of the " culture factory Federal Weihestätte Greene eV " the first Domfestspiele place in cooperation with the city of Bad Gandersheim in its present form before the Romanesque collegiate church.
Eberhard Gieseler staged as the first director of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Everyman. 1961 went the Gandersheimer Domfestspiele into the legal ownership of the town of Bad Gandersheim. Gieseler led the Domfestspiele by the year 1964.
In the first decade of the German classics were at the center, in the second decade came to comedies. Man of La Mancha in 1978 and 1979, the first musical that was played in front of the cathedral. 1978 and 1979 was the drama " Pafnutius - The conversion of the courtesan Thais ," written more than 1000 years ago by the Gandersheimer Stiftsdame Hrotsvit staged. The robber Hotzenplotz on the book by Otfried Preußler 1982 was the first children's piece in the Domfestspiele program.
From 1991 to 2003 Georg Immelmann was director of the Gandersheimer Domfestspiele. During his tenure, he led from 2000, the Musical Academy bad gandersheim as a training measure for musical performers and hosted from 1998 to 2002 in addition to Domfestspiele in winter at the Cultural Brunshausen.
Since 2004, Professor John Klaus was director. During his tenure, the repertoire was towards opera ( The Magic Flute, 2004), operetta ( The Bat, 2006) expanded. In his third season in 2006 for the first time four productions were presented in front of the abbey church: The Jungle Book, The Visit of the Old Lady, The Rocky Horror Show and The Bat. These productions were attended by around 55,000; the load so that was over 90 %.
2007, four productions were presented again: Orpheus in the Underworld, petticoat and mini skirt, Emil of Maple Hills and The Broken Jug ( with Dietmar Baer as village judge Adam ).
To accompany the Gandersheimer Domfestspiele and support, 2005, the Friends of Gandersheimer Domfestsspiele eV was launched.
Because of the difficult financial situation of the city, the Domfestspiele were converted to long -term security 2011 in a non-profit, " gGmbH Gandersheimer Domfestspiele " in the.
Since 2012 Christian Doll is director of the Domfestspiele.
Prominent Actor
1959 played Gustav Fröhlich and Hilde Körber in "everyone". Theo Lingen, Ernst H. Hilbich, René Kollo and Ralf Wolter were in Gander home in many seasons as a guest. Also in recent years, played well-known actor of stage and television as Anja Kruse, Erwin Kohlund, Harald Dietl, Friedhelm Ptok, Wolf Ackva, Jenny Gröllmann, Alyosha Sebald, Karl John, Diana Körner, Johanna Love One, Günter Mack, Gunnar Möller, Christian Quad Fly, Will Quadflieg, Heinrich Schweiger, Ellen Schwiers, Veit Stuebner, Hubert Suschka, Hans Teuscher, Thekla Carola Wied, Claus Wilcke, Klaus Zmorek, Ingeborg and Jürgen Wolff Uter. Dorothee Hartinger, 1998 as an acting novice at the Festival, was subsequently hired by Peter Stein for his own project as " Gretchen ". 2007 played the two television actor Dietmar Bär and Stephen Ullrich in Kleist's comedy The Broken Jug with, which was repeated due to the great success in 2008.
Roswitha Ring
The town of Bad Gandersheim lends since 1974 the Roswitha ring as Audience Award at the best artist from the respective ensemble. Actresses such as Greta worm, Tatyana Ivanov, Ehmi Bessel, Martha Mödl, Ingeborg Schöner, Margrit Winter, Irmgart Benesch, Birgit Thomas, Dorothea Breil, Mary Harper, Michaela Allendorf, Katalyn Bohn, Carmen Heibrock, Christian Zacher, Rachel Ohm, Angelika Bartsch, Shirin Kazemi and Navina Heyne receive it. For her acting and vocal performance at the 2013 Domfestspielen Petra Welte Roth received the Roswitharing.
Visits Acting President
Since 1973, were almost without exception the jubilee year of the festival under the auspices of the incumbent President. In 1973 it was Gustav Heinemann, who for Roswitha - year XV. Gandersheimer Domfestspiele visited and at that time, called the Literature Prize of the city of Bad Gandersheim, the Roswitha Memorial Medal to life, which has since been awarded each year to an outstanding German -language poet.
For the XX. Domfestspiele in 1978 was Federal President Walter Scheel under the patronage and in 1983, Federal President Karl Carstens XXV. Festival opened on the occasion of his visit. 1988 stayed Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker at the premiere of XXX. Domfestspiele. In 1993, the President of the German Bundestag, Rita Süssmuth assumed patronage. The festival in 1998 was opened by President Roman Herzog. For the 45th Festival, German President Johannes Rau took over the patronage and was at the premiere as a guest.
In the 2012 season, the Lower Saxony Prime Minister David McAllister was the patron of the Gandersheimer Domfestspiele.