THE BEER OPERA

What a bizarre act of creation!

Sensory theater by Peter Androsch and Natalie Pichler Commissioned by Theater Phönix First performance: October 13, 2022 Theater Phönix, Linz Right Manuscript Passauer New Press

Only beer can heal all wounds, even the imaginary ones: “Redemption to the Redeemer” is what it says at the end of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal,” and until now no one knew what exactly was meant by that. But now, after the world premiere of Peter Androsch’s “Beer Opera” in the Brauhaussaal in Pfarrkirchen in the district of Rottal-Inn, everything is clear. Wagner meant the union of hops and malt under the sign of the Trinity. At least, this is how the “Parsifal” and “Lohengrin” quotations can be interpreted, with which Androsch put the frothy crown on his unusual work. Peter Jungblut in BR24, Bayerischer Rundfunk

Opera by Peter Androsch (text and music) Silke Dörner (text collaboration) Commissioned by Theater an der Rott First performance: June 17, 2022 Pfarrkirchen/County of Rottal-Inn Rights manuscript