Édith Piaf was a force of nature. Her numerous lovers, all of whom sooner or later fell from grace and were replaced, could sing a song about it. Édith was free and dangerous, had seen and done everything, and that could be seen and heard. Pam Gems wrote the biographical musical Piaf for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978, which quickly conquered the stages of the world. In bursting scenes, she suddenly illuminates stations from Édith Piaf's fascinating life. The play is peppered with Piaf's great chansons such as "L'accordéoniste", "Padam", "La vie en rose", "Mon dieu", "Milord" and "Non, je ne regrette rien". With audience favourite Daniela Dett as Édith Piaf.

Two works, two composers, two women's fates, one evening and the big question: How far do we go for those we love? Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera Fidelio and Mark-Anthony Turnage's dramatic scene Twice through the heart are devoted to this question in a way that is both touching and differentiated. Next to the heroically loving Leonore stands the gripping fate of a nameless lover. In dialogue with Turnage's opera rarity, Beethoven shines in a new, exciting light, just in time for his 250th birthday. Get involved in an extraordinary evening!

With Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgski creates a powerful-sounding piano cycle whose modernity and timbre already foreshadow the 20th century. Together with the sound composer and DJ Christian Düchtel alias Randomhype, Mei Hong Lin delves choreographically deep into the sound masses of the work, in order to reshape familiar movement material with TANZLIN.Z and place it in a different context. TANZLIN.Z and Mussorgski: reframed. Join us on a time travel through beat and soul worlds, into a digital and analog sound cosmos!

Director Hermann Schneider presented his fifth season at the Landestheater Linz today under the motto FREIHEIT (FREEDOM). 38 new productions - including ten premieres, two Austrian premieres and a German-language premiere - are on the program. There are also four reopenings.

Bodyguard is not only a hit in the cinema! With BODYGUARD - THE MUSICAL, more than four million visitors in twelve countries have been able to experience the thrilling love story live on stage. Look forward to the overwhelming and unforgettable hits of Whitney Houston, including of course "I Will Always Love You", the action thriller in German-language dialogues, and experience a top-class stage event - even more glamorous, even more exciting and even more romantic than the film!

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