Kostprobe: Luisa Miller

Introduction and Preview. If you’d like to know what to expect from our new productions and upcoming concerts before the premiere, our previews are the place to be. They offer anyone interested the chance to get a sneak peek at our program—and it’s free! This time: “Luisa Miller,” an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, which will premiere on September 19 at the Stadttheater’s Main Stage.

About the opera:
Luisa and Rodolfo don’t stand a chance. From the very beginning, their love is subject to scrutiny and mistrust. She is the daughter of a simple soldier; he is the son of an influential man. What binds them threatens a social order that judges feelings based on social background and permits intimacy only when it can be controlled. Verdi’s music relentlessly drives this clash forward, condensing Schiller’s*Intrigue and Love*into a drama with no way out.*Luisa Miller*tells the story of a love that is destroyed because it refuses to conform—and of a power that triumphs only when all is lost.