East German Poster Database

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• Jenufa / Oper von Leoš Janáček / Landes Theater Halle

  Double sided poster. Front side is black and white picture of the interior of a mill, with ladders, ropes and pulleys. The poster advertises Leoš Janáček's opera “Jenufa”. The back side includes a brief essay on Janáček by the director Leo Spies. Box 5.

• Madame Butterfly / Japanische Tragödie von Giacomo Puccini / Inszenierung: Wolfgange Jende / Musikalische Leitung: MD Kurt Schäfer / Bühnen Der Stadt Nordhausen

  Poster has a blue background with a tan, black and pink drawing of a Geisha girl. The poster advertises a production of Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. Box 5.

• Die Oper spielt verrückt / Rufen Sie Herrn Plim / Hin und zurück / Egon und Emilie

  Poster is black and white. It is either advertising a night of operas, or an ongoing schedule of performances. There is a picture of two stereotypical opera viking-like characters tied up in a bundle of rope. The large black title of the poster says “Die Oper spielt verrückt” meaning “Opera gone mad”. Box 5.

• Die Blume Von Hawaii / Musikalische Komödie / Oper Leipzig

  Blue poster with white and yellow letters. The center of the poster shows a dark blue sky with white clouds. The poster is bifurcated by a yellow line. The title at the top is “Die Blume von Hawaii” (The Flower of Hawaii). The poster does not list the composer. Oversize.

• Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg- Ehrung 1983- Landestheater Dessau

  This poster's background is an orange to blue gradient diagonally from the top left to the bottom right. The text at the top is in black type and black gothic print. It features a black and white Renaissance depiction of three period men discussing red sheet music. This poster advertises for Wagner's "The Master Singer from Nürnberg".

• Martha: Oper von Friedrich v. Flotow- Theater der Stadt Cottbus

  This poster is lime green with partial aubergine circles in the top left and right corners. In the center, there is a woman with blue hair and only one (right) eye, which is a circle with a black and white portrait of a man in a hat. The text at the bottom is in navy, with the title of the performance, "Martha", in decoratively patterned letters. This poster advertises for the opera by Friedrich v. Flotow.

• Manon: von Jules Massenet- Deutsches Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is black with a depiction of a woman's face comprised entirely of intricate white and purple lace patterns. The face is bordered by depictions of thick flowing hair in the same lace patterns. The text is in white and purple italics at the bottom. This poster advertises for "Manon" from Jules Massenet.

• Oper von Gerhard Rosenfeld: Der Mantel nach Nikolai Gogols gleichnamiger Novelle von Gerhard Hartmann- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Uraufführung

  This poster is white with black sketch of an older man looking into his own face, which is about this size of his body, and followed behind by an even larger replication, followed by a larger one, and so forth. The text is in black at the top left with performance title, "The Mantle", in red. This was the premiere of the opera from Gerhard Rosenfeld.

• Macbeth: Oper von Giuseppe Verdi- Landestheater Halle

  This poster is white with an abstracted black line drawing of Macbeth wearing a gold crown, and holding a decapitated figure in his right hand. The title is at the top in red with text underneath in black. This poster advertises for Verdi's opera "Macbeth" based on the work of Shakespeare.

• Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals, Musikalische Leitung: Christian Kluttig Inszenierung: Rainer Wenke Bühnenbild: Bernd Leistner Kostüme: Barbara Albrecht:

  This poster is purple with black text. It depicts a antiquated-style wooden block-print drawing of a heart aflame in black center bottom. This poster advertises for Verdi's "The Force of Destiny".

• Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin- Margarete: Charles Gounod

  This poster is black with white and gray clouds in the center and the title superimposed in black and outlined in white. The theater's information is in white print at the top and playwright in white script at the bottom. This poster advertises for "Margarete" by Charles Gounod.

• Puccini Oper- La Bohème- Hans-Otto Theater Potsdam

  This poster is a grayscale depiction of a ghostly covered architectural feature floating in fog above cobblestones. The text is in gray and white going on the vertical left and right at the top and horizontal at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of the opera "La Bohème" by Puccini.

• Untern Linden, Untern Linden- Revue in der Oper: Friedrichstadtpalast in der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is black with an abstract depiction of a woman wearing a Musketeer-style hat and jester-style belled sleeves and pants. The outfit is composed of stripes in red, white, blue, yellow, orange and green, with a female's face in the pants. The text is in white at the top and bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for an opera revue around the song "Untern Linden, Untern Linden" by Marlene Dietrich.

• Auf der Drehscheibe der Opernbühne Leipzig: Jakob Lenz- Kammeroper von Wolfgang Rihm- Libretto frei nach Büchners „Lenz” von Michael Fröhling

  This poster is white with a profile silhouette of Jakob Lenz facing right. The profile is composed of black horizontal lines and blue, red, and green vertical swathes of color. The same swathes are behind the black text at the top. This poster advertises for the opera "Jakob Lenz" from Wolfgang Rihm.

• 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".

• Hänsel Gretel: Märchenoper von Humperdinck- Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg

  This poster's background is khaki. It depicts a cartoon of a witch bent over and using a cane. The witch is dressed in a patched red hat and green coat with multiple buttons and a badge saying "Best Witch of the Week". Mushrooms and flowers sprout from her shoulders. A large piece of gingerbread is settled under her left arm. This poster advertises for the "fairytale opera" "Hansel and Gretel" from Humperdinck.

• Märchen oper von Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

  This poster's background is white with a print of black fir trees of various sizes. The center tree print includes profile of a witch at bottom. Below, cartoon depictions of Hansel and Gretel dressed in green and holding hands is featured. The text is in black gothic script at the bottom. This poster advertises for the "fairytale opera" of Hansel and Gretel from Engelbert Humperdinck.

• Hoffmann's Erzählungen: phantastiche Oper von Jacques Offenbach- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is white with a black border and text in white on black at the bottom left. It depicts a man in profile, presumably Hoffmann, with handwritten and largely illegible text surrounding him and line drawings of scenes from the play, partially obscured by the text. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" with the music by Jacques Offenbach.

• 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".

• Halka: Oper in vier Akten von Stanisław Moniuszko

  This poster depicts a painted vortex in aqua, black and white, with the black silhouette of a bird whose wings have opened to match the curve of the vortex. A white origami bird flies above top right. The text is in white print at the bottom. This poster advertises for the opera "Halka" from Stanisław Moniuszko.

• Hoffmann's Erzählungen/phantastiche Oper Jacques Offenbach

  This poster's background is predominantly light blue, with darker blue splotches painted on top. It features a sketched snail-shell spiral in black, with various red pyramids pointing downward and appearing to pierce the spiral's surface. The text is in black below. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" from Jacques Offenbach.

• Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen- Phantastische Oper in Fünf Akten- Landestheater Halle

  This poster's background is mainly comprised of pink dots on white, with line drawings of individuals in the midst of various daily activities (certain elements, e.g. dress, flowers, buildings highlighted in pink or white). Superimposed on all of this is a large black and white portrait of E.T.A. Hoffmann. The title is at the top in handwritten black script on white, with the remaining text in black print underneath. This poster advertises for a performance of "Hoffmann's Tales" from Jacques Offenbach.

• La Cenerentola: Rossini, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin- Aschenputtel

  This poster is a photograph of a white mask with nails that have been driven through in various places from behind. The mask rests face-up in the dirt, with a pair of feathered wings behind it. Below the mask is a large white feather, with a nest of eggs below that. Various other objects are scattered around. the poster features a white border with black text on all sides. It advertises for a performance of "Cinderella" from Rossini.

• 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".