Opera

Cabaret

Musical
Book by Joe Masteroff based the play »I Am a Camera« by John van Druten and the novel »Goodbye to Berlin« by Christopher Isherwood
Song texts by Fred Ebb | Music by John Kander
Performed in German.
German version by Robert Gilbert, reduced orchestration by Chris Walker
Premiere: 1966 in New York City

Trailer: Theater TV – Ullrich Bohn
Elissa Huber
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Elissa Huber, Ensemble
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Ensemble, Silvia Willecke
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Elissa Huber, Julian Culemann
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Lina Habicht, Ensemble
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Timo Stacey, Lina Habicht, Felipe Ramos
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Felicitas Geipel
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Gottfried Herbe, Evelyn M. Faber
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Lina Habicht, Rouven Pabst
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Stefan Roschy, Julian Culemann
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Lina Habicht
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Ensemble
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Elissa Huber
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Elissa Huber, Julian Culemann
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Julian Culemann, Lina Habicht
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

»Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!«
The scene is set for another fabulous evening in Berlin's infamous Kit-Kat Club in the early 1930s. This is where Sally Bowles and Clifford Bradshaw first meet and eventually fall in love. Unfortunately this is to be no simple love story, with the dark foreboding powers of the emerging National Socialist Movement looming over them ...

John Kander's iconic musical premiered on Broadway in New York in 1966 and was made into an Oscar-winning film in 1972, starring Liza Minelli in the role of Sally Bowles.

PREMIERE: 16 October 2021

Cast

Musical Director & Conductor Michael Nündel
Director Tom Gerber
Based on a production by Iris Limbarth
Revival Director Melanie Schulze, Myriam Lifka
Choreography Myriam Lifka
Dance Captain Jasper H. Hanebuth
Stage Design Bettina Neuhaus
Costume Design Heike Korn
Band Leader Frank Bangert
Lighting Design Oliver Porst
Dramaturgy Daniel C. Schindler
Emcee Lina Habicht, Charlotte Katzer
Sally Bowles Femke Soetenga, Elissa Huber
Clifford Bradshaw Julian Culemann
Fräulein Schneider Evelyn M. Faber
Herr Schultz Gottfried Herbe
Ernst Ludwig Stefan Roschy
Fräulein Kost Felicitas Geipel, Anna Heldmaier
Chanson Singer Silvia Willecke
Lulu Carla Peters
Helga Sarah Merten, Nora Isabel Schöpe
Texas Josefine Rau
Fritzi Annika Netthorn
Frenchie Viktoria Reese, Josefine Rau
Rosie Anna Heldmaier, Carina Leopold
Bobby / Two Ladies Timo Stacey
Victor / Two Ladies Felipe Ramos
Herrmann / Customs Official Jasper H. Hanebuth
Hans Julian Bender, Joel Spinello
Otto Tim Speckhardt, Thaddäus M. Jungmann
Rudi / Gorilla Rouven Pabst, Tim Speckhardt
Max, Club Owner Thomas Braun
KitKat Boys & Girls, Cabaret Chor, Cabaret Band, Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden