Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden
internationale maifestspiele wiesbaden international may festival imf theater festival wiesbaden germany established late th century bayreuth festival festival one distinguished international theatre music festival world presented annually may hessisches staatstheater wiesbaden state theatre hesse capital wiesbaden festival currently feature performance opera ballet play musical visiting company mostly european theater present recent production along performance theater wiesbaden concert wide array music genre featured well artistic circus act modern dance presentation lecture recital cabaret performance art showing reading also part program festival established kaiserfestspiele imperial festival georg von hülsen director theater wiesbaden wanted create festival compare successful bayreuth festival festival spring supposed coincide emperor regular stay spa create cultural event director also wanted improve status neues königliches hoftheater new royal court theatre relied mostly production royal theater berlin first festival presented may german emperor william empress augusta saxeweimareisenach attendance poster program showed festspiele auf allerhöchsten befehl festival highest order referring emperor demand beginning focus work richard wagner bayreuth different bayreuth work composer also performed carl maria von weber oberon festival closed duration world war first festival war staged director paul bekker called maifestwoche festival week may presented may premiere three short opera ernst krenek der diktator da geheime königreich schwergewicht oder die ehre der nation festival called festwochen im mai festive week may main concern stress achievement wiesbaden theatre may festival presented opera die ägyptische helena richard strauss premiered year semperoper nazism festival held part gaukulturwochen director carl von schirach first festival world war ii first international approach reflected new name festival held annually since traditionally festival opened new production wiesbaden theatre starting director claus helmut drese encouraged presentation eastern european company motto fenster nach osten window east guest production opera ballet warsaw leningrad sofia bucharest moscow great theatre former east germany took place festival claus leininger director invited company northern europe spain north america germany still divided berlin company deutsche oper berlin west berlin komische oper berlin east berlin showed production visiting ensemble eastern europe increased even opening iron curtain play performed berliner ensemble schaubühne deutsches theater münchner kammerspiele among others ballet company included cloud gate dance theater taiwan tanztheater pina bausch wuppertal cullberg ballet sweden le ballet de monte carlo nederland dans theater young audience addressed series play junge woche young week due restricted funding recent year program reduced shifting younger experimental performer stage version han vogts socalled oratorische oper oratorio opera die stadt hinter dem strom novel hermann kasack premiered opera warsaw presented first visiting company eastern europe opera haunted manor stanisław moniuszko work th century included strawinskys le sacre du printemps oedipus rex arthur honegger judith festival deutsche oper berlin visited three production opening night verdi rigoletto staged han neuenfels conducted silvio varviso followed janáčeks katja kabanowa ballet der blaue engel hartmut haenchen conducted handel opera giustino production komische oper berlin staged harry kupfer jochen kowalski title role bolshoi theatre presented borodin prince igor mussorgsky khovanshchina conducted alexander lazarev teatro regio torino visited verdi rigoletto theater wiesbaden opened salome verdi nabucco performed teatro regio di parma opening performance alban berg lulu program opening festival april premiere ernst august klötzkes opera beatrice first performance german rodion shchedrins literary opera lolita based nabokov novel produced theater wiesbaden emma pearson title role presence composer festival program performance farewell tour merce cunningham dance company maifestspiele visitor available seating capacity sold budget comprises € official website volker milch kulturelles kraftzentrum german wiesbadener tagblatt april