East German Poster Database

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• Così fan tutte / So Machen's Alle: Drama Giocoso von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Landestheater Halle

  This poster has a white background with black text. In the center there is a cartoon of a man, presumably Mozart himself with a pink face, a white wig with black dots, wearing a black coat. The poster advertises Mozart's opera “Cossi Fan Tutte”.

• 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.

• Komische Oper Berlin / Spielzeit 1974/75 / Neuinszenierungen: Die Hochzeit des Figaro; Lulu; Ballettogramme; Aschenbrodel / Wiederaufnahmen: Ein Sommernachtstraum; Carmen; Ritter Blaubart; Der Troubadour; Die Macht des Schicksals; Ein Maskenball; Katja Ka

  The top half of this poster depicts a scene from 'Die Abenteuer es Hary Janos'. This colorful watercolor painting shows a man in a purple cloak on the right, kneeling. He is surrounded by several other men who are threatening him with their drawn weapons. The bottom half of the poster lists the program for the 1974/75 season. The text is in black against a white background.

• Liebeslieder / Tanzerische Kontraste III / Kompositionen von Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms; Choreographien von Harald Wandtke, Konstantin

  The background of this poster is light gray, the text is in black. In the center are two yin and yang shapes in pink, light red and dark red that complement each other to form a circle.

• Lucio Silla: Wolfgang Amade Mozart- Schlosstheater im Neuen Palais- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam, Regie: Brahmig; Musikalische Leitung: Lienicke; Ausstattung: Kursten.

  The poster is black with the title of the opera in bright pink letters across the bottom third. The remainder of the text is in white letters along the top and the bottom of it. The center shows a brick wall with an opening in the shape of a head through which one can see blue sky and clouds.

• Idomeneo: Mozart - Opernhaus Leipzig

  This poster has a white background with the text in black and red letters. It shows a human figure in black, red and yellow kneeling on a yellow shell surrounded by water, presumably Idomeneo sacrificing himself. This poster advertises the opera Idomeneo by Mozart.

• Idomeneo/Oper von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Stadtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt.

  Poster is beige with black text, latin script at the bottom; shows charcoal drawing of a mask which is composed of two faces seen sideways.

• Idomeneo/Mozart/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin/Idomeneo:Eberhard Buchner;Idamantes:Uta Priew;Elektra:Magdalena Hajassyova;Ilia:Carola Nossek;Arbaces:Gunter Kurth;Operpriester:Henno Garduhn; Stimme des Orakels:Fritz Hubner/Musikalische Leitung:Peter Schreier;

  Poster is white with black text; the title of the opera takes up the bulk of the poster; each letter is in white on a black square.

• Mozart ž Die Zauberflöte/Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  Poster is irridescnent gold with abstract tree design superimposed in shades of brown, gray and olive. Text at bottom in gray italics. Advertises for performance of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".

• E. Schikaneder/W.A. Mozart/Brandeburger Theater Die Zauberflöte

  Poster is black with watercolor depiction of two nude figures in an embrace, standing on tob of an orb with red and white background. Authorial information at left and right in white italics, remaining text at bottom in white. Poster advertises for performance of "The Magic Flute" from Mozart, conducted by E. Schikander

• Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Die Entführung auf dem Serail- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster depicts a framed picture of a walled town, with a man bringing a woman over the left wall via a ladder. A dashed red line from left to right shows a man leaping forward toward the city at the left and a man holding a blindfolded woman at the right. At the bottom center a man and a woman are depicted in an embrace. This poster advertises for a performance of Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio".

• Der Schauspieldirektor/Antonio Salieri/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole/Deutsche Staatsoper

  Poster is yellow with two portraits of women in 18th century costume; woman at left is depicted in blue with brown hair, woman at right in green with purple hair. Both have snakes coming out of their mouths. Text on all sides in black on yellow and green. Advertises for two performances: "The Play Director", from Mozart, and "First the Music, then the Words".

• Leipziger Theater Schauspielhaus- Amadeus von Peter Schaffer

  This poster is white with black text at top left , and with "Amadeus" underlined in red. The center to bottom of poster is decorated with signatures in black by Mozart, with one in red underlined in black. This poster advertises for Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus".

• Amadeus/Peter Schaffer/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is black with blacka and white line drawing of Mozart as a younger man holding sheet music in his left hand with more at his feet. Text in white at top and black at bottom. Advertises for a performance of Peter Schaffer's "Amadeus".

• W.A. Mozarts/Opern im Schlosstheater des Neuen Palais/Der Schauspeil=Direktor/Zaide/Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  Poster is white with black text in various fonts (Script, print, and decorative). In center is an oval with black and white line depiction of a stage with an Eastern architectural structure and lightning above. Three individuals, heavily made-up, stand in front of the stage, the left in a top hat, the center in a trench coat, the right a woman holding a fan. Advertises for Mozart's opera "Zaide".

• Mozart/Die Zauberflöte/Leipziger Theater/Opernhaus

  Poster is abstract depiction of a ying-yang in yellow, set as if a sun or moon in a dark sky streaked with purple, yellow and white. Text in white at bottom. Advertises for Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".

• Idomeneo/Mozart/Opernhaus Leipzig

  Poster features altered depiction of Venus kneeling in the middle of a scallop shell with cloak or scarf over her shoulders. Image composed entirely of lines, in orange, red, black and white. Sea depicted as a circular vortex around shell. Text in white and red at top. Advertises for Mozart's opera "Idomeneo".

• Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Komische Oper

  This poster features black clouds at top with a pyramid of black and white depictions of characters from the opera below. The prominent character (Figaro?) has a halo of white light behind his head, with white rays emanating out and down to edges of poster. Variously colored arrows also emerge from behind character's head and wrap around and through other characters. The text is in white italics at the top. This poster advertises for the opera from Mozart "The Marriage of Figaro".

• Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is burnt red with a black and white profile portrait of Mozart at the top center. The title is in light yellow above and below. This poster advertises for performance of "The Marriage of Figaro".

• Schlosstheater im neuen Palais Sanssouci- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro- Hans Otto Theater Potsdam

  This poster is tan with a brown border. A sepia photograph in center features an ivy-covered theater stage with chandelier hanging from ceiling, presumably the Schlosstheater in Neuen Palais at Sanssouci. The text is in black and at the top and red at the bottom. This poster advertises for the opera by Mozart, "The Marriage of Figaro".

• 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.

• Mozart Bastien & Bastienne/Komische Oper in einen Akt/Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg

  Poster is white with grayscale photograph of what appears to be a coral reef segment in center. Text in red at top right and bottom right. Advertises for the single act comic opera "Bastien & Bastienne" by Mozart.

• Komische Oper/Cosi Fan Tutte von W.A. Mozart

  Poster is watermark depiction of two couples in period dress, perhaps 19th century. Left couple is facing the camera, right couple facing each other. Red grid superimposed with photograph underneath clear (not watermark). Text in white at bottom. Advertises for the comic opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" from W. A. Mozart.

• Amadeus: Peter Shaffer- Volkstheater Rostock

  This poster is red with a white silhouette in profile of Mozart in the center. The silhouette is overlaid with sheet music, and the bottom edge is depicted in flames. The text is in white at the top and bottom with blue gray text top left and bottom right. This poster advertises for a performance of "Amadeus" from Peter Shaffer.

• Amadeus von Peter Shaffer: Kleist-Theater

  this poster is gray with white dots in the background and a centered grayscale portrait of Mozart, whose face is scratched out in black ink. The title is in white above and bottom left. This poster advertises for a play from Peter Shaffer titled "Amadeus".