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“Alas, I do not wear my heart on my tongue and my love on a tray”, Cordelia dares to tell her father, King Lear. He had requested his three daughters to assure him of their love so that he could distribute land, power and responsibility among them according to the extent of their affection.
In his adaptation, Thomas Melle exacerbates the conflict over power and its renunciation in the battle between the generations. He stays close to Shakespeare’s original but focusses on one question: Is change possible or is power a system that everyone must succumb to, no matter what age or gender?

How can we confront injustice in society? As a young lawyer in South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi developed a spiritual answer to this question: "Satyagraha", adherence to the truth. The truth is propagated here as the most effective means in the fight against injustice; the opposing side is to be convinced by peaceful means, through non-violent resistance. Philip Glass has dedicated an emphatic work of art to this idea with his great choral opera Satyagraha: his catchy minimal music transports us to other spheres of consciousness, the timeless verses from the Bhagavadgita invite us to inner contemplation - an inspiring experience.

Director Elisabeth Stöppler returns to Hanover and, following Trionfo. Vier letzte Nächte, featuring music by Georg Friedrich Händel, and Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele, she once more explores moments of transition: between this side and beyond, rage and desperation, solace and love. Within the space of the theatre, during the time of the performance shared by audience and participants, the great issues will be carefully considered … and turned into questions. Because the mystery of life knows more questions than answers … This scenic adaptation of the Requiem, conducted by James Hendry, expands the realm of thought to the barely tangible edges of human existence: What emerges is a place for remembrance in celebration of life.

Just bring your friends along on your next theatre visit! In addition to each full-price ticket, you can purchase up to five further tickets for only 10 € each. This applies to selected performances of Staatstheater Hannover.