East German Poster Database

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• George Frideric Handel

  Portrait of composer George Frideric Handel. This poster could be for a concert but there is no information besides the picture and Handel's name. Box 5.

• 1984: Neuinszenierungen- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster has a cream background with black, green, red and white letters. It advertises a program of new productions (Neuinszenierungen) including plays, operas and a musical. Some featured pieces are Volker Braun's "Der große Frieden", Anton Tschechow's "Drei Schwestern", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", Handel's Floridante, Karl Ottomar treibmann's "Der Preis", and Das Glas Wasser.

• Handel: Julius Cäsar- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster has a white background with black stripes in varying thicknesses. The text sits on top of the stripes in black, and advertises for Handel's work "Julius Caesar" being performed at the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin.

• Tamerlan: Oper von G. F. Haendel- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is white with a black and white abstract depiction of a man smiling in a suit, reflected as a skeleton. The title is at the top in black with text at the left and right. This poster advertises for Handel's opera "Tamerlan", with musical direction by Christian Kluttig and starring Axel Köhler as Tamerlan.

• Landestheater Halle/Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Sommerspielplan- A.E. Modeste Grétry: Der eifersüchtige Liebhaber/ W.A, Mozart: Die Zauberflöte/ G.F. Händel: Floridante/ J.W. Goethe: Die Mitschuldigen

  This poster is a matte gold color with an black inner border left and right and white outer border. There is an orange, red, and black half-circle design at bottom with "1985" featured in red at center. The theater name is in white at the top, followed by the announcement of the plan for summer performances in red, followed by individual performances in black. These include "The Jealous Lover" by Grétry, Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Händel's "Floridante," and "The Complicit" by Goethe. The poster is possibly signed by the creator on back.

• Landestheater Halle/im Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt- Von Mai bis September- Theseus: Oper von Händel/ Der eifersüchtige Liebhaber: Komische Oper von Grétry/ Triumph der Empfindsamkeit: Grille von Goethe/ Das Jahrmarktsfest zu Plundersweilern: Stück von Hacks

  This poster is light gray with black text. It depicts a building in classic Greek style with a large arch and steps beneath. Underneath the arch is a gold on brown design, with text in the remaining white space. The text alternates between Gothic script and print. This poster advertises for performances from May through September in the Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt, including the opera "Theseus" from Händel, "The Jealous Lover", a comic opera from Grétry, "The Triumph of Sensibility" from Goethe, and "The Yearly Market Fest to Plunder" from Peter Hacks.

• Alcina: Georg Friedrich Händel, Deutsches Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is off-white with a gold and black depiction in center of an ornately carved, Rococo-esque table with a sculpture of a female, winged sphinx lying on top. The woman has a feather woven into her hair and her tail is a fanged snake. The text is in black at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of Händel's opera "Alcina".

• Aci, Galatea e Polifemo von G. F. Haendel- (1708), Muiskalische Leitung: Ludwig Güttler, Inszenierung: Peter Konwitschny, Ausstattung: Helmut Brade, Virtuosi Saxoniae- Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt

  This poster is white with a black line drawing of a woman sitting on the ground embraced by a man beneath a grove of trees. The poster is splattered with green paint throughout and woman's dress is splattered with neon red paint. The text is in black at the top. This poster advertises for a musical performance of Händel's "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo" performed by the Virtuosi Saxoniae.

• Alexander: Oper von Friedrich Händel- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is light brown with an off-white depiction of a bust of Alexander the Great with female busts (perhaps relatives) on either side facing toward him. The text is in the same color at bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of the opera "Alexander" from Händel.

• Agrippina: Oper von Georg Friedrich Handel- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar

  this poster is composed of a blue-green background and four beige-gold columns in the foreground. Animated beige-gold sculptures look out from behind the columns in the midst of different activities (i.e., kissing, conversing, exchanging an item, etc.). The text is at top in black and at the right in red. This poster advertises for Händel's opera "Agrippina".

• Acts und Galatea: Pastoral von Georg Friedrich Hände-l nebst dem Intermezzo, Die Listige Magd von Johann Adolf Hasse- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is white with a pink oval in center outlined in black with a gold outer border forming a geometric design at top, right, bottom and left. The text is in a black serif font inside the oval. In the titles of the performances the test is divided horizontally so that it is solid at top, but floral patterned at bottom. This poster advertises for Händel's "Acts and Galatea" and "The Crafty Maid" from Johann Adolf Hasse.

• Rinaldo/Oper von G. F. Hændel/Musikalische Leitung Christian Kluttig Regie Peter Konwitschny Bühne Helmut Brade Kostüme Katrin Scholz/Landes Theater Halle

  Poster depicts a knight with raised sword and and black and red cape looking over a field littered with body parts (severed human head, arms, feet, etc.). Poster is printed in red, black and white. Text at top in black and white. Advertises for an opera titled "Rinaldo" from G. F. Hændel and directed by Peter Konwitschny.