Premiere of the opera Rummelplatz

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In his novel Rummelplatz , Werner Bräunig, born in Chemnitz in 1934, portrays the wild early years of Wismut with powerful language and traces the contradictions of his era. The result is a multi-layered panorama that reflects the post-war period and the spirit of optimism, social utopia and the totalitarian state. To this day, Rummelplatz continues to fascinate as a critically committed social novel. Chemnitz Opera is taking the work, with its references to the region and contemporary history, as the starting point for a multi-part project: Ludger Vollmer (composition) and Jenny Erpenbeck (libretto) are developing a new opera as a commissioned work. A writing workshop will give resonance to people in Chemnitz, Ústí nad Labem and Łódz. A conference works through the diverse themes of the project. Bräunig's novel provides the central theme for all of this: how do people relate to society, politics and the zeitgeist?