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Richard is ugly and detested. Thanks to several murders that he committed for his brother Edward during the War of the Roses, Edward is now king. For Richard, however, the end of the war has not brought peace. His hatred of society runs too deep. And so he continues to do what he does best and continues to commit murder. His goal: the crown. If he is not allowed to join society, he wants to at least govern it. Power-hungry and in cold blood, he eliminates anyone who gets in his way.

What happens when humankind can no longer agree on common values? When groups with opposing convictions entrench themselves in their respective bubbles, waiting for the moment when they can finally annihilate their opponents from the safety of a walled-off position? And when this hostile torpor threatens the survival of all and the future of the whole world? Parsifal, Richard Wagner’s enigmatic, mythical opera about the Holy Grail, the symbolic vessel of timeless, common values of faith, is an exploration of human co-existence – through the devices of art.

In the Irish writer Oscar Wilde’s literary tales, satire and social criticism conjoin with poetry. His parables all have one thing in common: They show people in all their kindness and cruelty, in their egotism and their empathy. The search for happiness, and above all for love, is a recurring theme. Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s fairy-tales, stories and poems, Marco Goecke combines the sensuality of the body in motion with an empathetic contemplation of human life and coexistence in his creation.

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.