Sleeping Beauty by Humperdinck, Fra (2022/2022), I regi av Jasmin Solfaghari,, Dirigent Shuichiro Sueoka, Landestheater, Neustrelitz, Germany

The fairy tale of » Sleeping Beauty « is certainly one of the best known and most popular fairy tales in the world. There is hardly a people that does not have the story of the king's daughter cursed to sleep for a hundred years in some form in its cultural history. It forms the basis for Engelbert Humperdinck 's grandiose opera setting from 1902. The king and queen are looking forward to the naming celebration of their long-awaited daughter. The king invited the twelve fairies, but he didn't invite the evil fairy Demonia. Full of hatred, however, she appears and curses the child: In fifteen years it will prick itself on a spindle and fall into a deep sleep. A hundred years later, the young Prince Reinhold hears about the sleeping beauty and realizes that he alone is destined to free the king's daughter. Will he succeed in this difficult task, will the »Sleeping Beauty« and the prince find each other and be together happily ever after?