Tag: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kant and the French Revolution – Culture
For Immanuel Kant, the French Revolution was an “event of our time that proves the moral tendency of the human race.” He formulated this judgment in his work “Dispute of…
Hanover Theater: “Goethe’s Faust, but with different text and also a different melody” – Culture
It begins, as always, with Clemens Sienknecht’s adult education courses on “classics”, “but with different text and also a different melody”. Using a loop box, the mischievous music teacher samples…
Ulrich Rasche stages Goethe’s “Iphigenie auf Tauris” at the Burgtheater Vienna. – Culture
In contemporary theater, Ulrich Rasche is one of the last directors with an unmistakable style. You can recognize a Rasche production at first glance. Elaborate stage machinery is just as…
Kafka Year at the Goethe-Institut: Party with Gregor Samsa
The Goethe-Institut is looking forward to the Kafka year 2024 and has announced a pretty crazy program. source site
German is beautiful – culture
Our language deserves a better reputation – especially in Europe: it’s a shame that we don’t advertise it. And it’s unbelievable that politicians are even closing Goethe Institutes instead. In…
Goethe House in Weimar: The king has to beg
The Goethe House in Weimar closes for renovation. For how long depends on the financing. Are generations of students at risk of missing out? source site
Dual leadership at the Essen – Culture Theater
Two young women, director Selen Kara and dramaturge Christina Zintl, have set out to reorganize the Essen theater as dual leaders. And by the third premiere at the latest, they…
Art: When Switzerland came into fashion
An exhibition in Winterthur explores what is international about Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes. source site
Goethe’s 1823 letter to Auguste Countess Stolberg – Culture
Shortly before his death, the aging poet wrote to a woman with whom he had exchanged dramatic letters forty years earlier – about what it’s like to survive yourself. There…
Teresa Reichl kritisiert den Literaturkanon – ein Gespräch – Bayern
Die Kabarettistin und Germanistin Teresa Reichl kritisiert auf Instagram und in einem Buch den Literaturkanon und fragt: “Muss ich das gelesen haben?” Ein Gespräch über Weltliteratur und Deutschunterricht, über Goethe…