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Anne Bennent

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Alexander Ebeert

Claudia Kainberger

Jakob Keller

Gregor Kohlhofer

Christoph Krutzler

Michael Kuglitsch

Thomas Schmidt

Axel Sichrovsky

Katja Uffelmann

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Boris Fiala

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Bernd Liepold-Mosser

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Aurel Lenfert

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Philip Kandler

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Sylvia Brandl

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder -  (Mother Courage)

Klagenfurt

Austria

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder Dessau

Mother Courage

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MUTTER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN A chronicle of the Thirty Years' War by Bertolt Brecht / Musical arrangement of the music by Paul Dessau by Boris Fiala Direction: Bernd Liepold-Mosser Musical direction / Sounds: Boris Fiala Stage and costumes: Aurel Lenfert Video: Philip Kandler

For his production of “Mother Courage”, Bernd Liepold-Mosser once again got musical support from Boris Fiala (“Moonlight”, “Family Lässig”). Brecht's powerful criticism of war and capitalism comes up with a live band and a well-known cast. The internationally successful actress and chanson singer Anne Bennent can be seen in the title role. War is a profitable business - also for the sutler Anna Fierling, known as Mother Courage. With her mute daughter and two sons, she travels from one theater of war to the next, doing business wherever and with whomever she can. Driven by an indestructible will to survive, she has learned to adapt to the most adverse circumstances. A "hyena of the battlefield" who knows how to assert herself and who believes she can master the harsh laws of the market. But little by little she loses everything – in the end her children too. Brecht wrote the chronicle of the Thirty Years' War in Danish exile in 1938/39, which is interwoven with allusions to National Socialism - not least as a warning to all those who hoped to be able to profit financially from the Second World War. In twelve scenes, the parable unfolds a series of historical images to make people aware “that the big deals that make up war are not done by the little people. That war, which is a continuation of business by other means, makes human virtues deadly, even for those who possess them. That no sacrifice is too great to fight war.” Durationapprox. 3 hours (including a break)   Introductory matinee March 18, 2018, stage, moderated by artistic director Florian Scholz Introduction 25 minutes before the performance begins in the gallery foyer on the left Workshop for educators for the dress rehearsal: March 21, 2018, 5:15 p.m. Photos: Karlheinz Fessl

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Mother Courage by Dessau, From (2018/2018), Directed by Bernd Liepold-Mosser,, Conductor Boris Fiala, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

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