Treat yourself to Mozart twice! If you buy a ticket for one of the Mozart operas currently playing at the State Theatre ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail" or "Le nozze di Figaro"), you automatically qualify to get a ticket for the other production at half price! This offer can be booked now at the Box Office, telephonically (0611 132 325) or via email on vorverkauf@staatstheater-wiesbaden.de.

Konstanze, who is betrothed to Belmonte, has been kidnapped by pirates, along with her English maid Blonde and Belmonte’s servant Pedrillo. Osmin, Bassa Selim’s bad-tempered servant – a man who wants to torture and kill every stranger who crosses his path – loses some of his crudeness in the presence of the confident Blonde. Meanwhile, Bassa Selim persistently woos Konstanze, gently at first, but later threatening to use force and unleash “tortures unrelenting” (“Martnern aller Arten”). After finally locating his fiancée, Belmonte (who has already made escape plans with Pedrillo) falls prey to jealousy and begins to question his partner’s loyalty. Even Pedrillo, who is Blonde’s sweetheart, finds himself wavering in his trust. The pressures of simultaneously being captive and courted, along with the power struggles between the capturers and their prisoners soon take their toll, throwing everyone and everything into emotional turmoil: feelings of reluctance, jealousy, distress, and despair, tears and even slaps in the face ensue – until the final reconciliation.

REVIVAL: 21 January 2017

Confusion, mistaken identity, infatuation, along with a criminal trial: these are the ingredients that make up the storyline of “Le nozze di Figaro”. Mozart turns the classic operatic pairing of ruler-servant into an intricate tale of human emotions, alive with all the elements of love, fortune and disappointment.

REVIVAL: 12 March 2017