East German Poster Database

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• 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 Laune des Verliebten / Ein Studiobühnen-Abend mit Texten von, mit and über Herrn Johann Wolfgang Goethe

  White poster with green letters. Picture shoes a man looking out a green window into a pink sky. Poster advertises an evening of works “by, with and about” Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Illustration by J.H.W. Tischbein Box 5.

• Die Nachtglocke, Komische Oper in einem Akt: Donizetti- Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg

  This poster is pink with red letters advertising a performance of Donizetti's Opera “Il Campanello” or “The Night Bell” (Die Nachtglocke).

• Il Campiello/Ein musikalisches Lustspiel von Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari/Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg.

  Poster's background is white with black text; the title is in orange letters; features a line drawing in black ink of a window that shows a view of buildings in a Southern European market square; a rainbow in blue, red and orange is painted over the top of the houses.

• Wir, die Endesunterzeichnenden/von A. Gelman

  Poster is mostly black, with depiction in center of a train window featuring two men sitting across from each other with hands raised while a third man looks on and behind a fourth speaks with the conductor. Tet in white below. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman.

• 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.

• Rigoletto/Guiseppe Verdi/Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg

  Poster is black with gray text at top. Depicts a white drama mask with red blush, broken in half, slightly left of center. Poster advertises for a performance of Verdi's opera "Riogletto".

• Theater der Bergarbeiter Senftenberg/Die Romanticks/Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt/Eine Parabel über die Liebe

  Poster is black with white text top left and center. Top right corner depicts a nude man falling head-first toward the center of the poster in black and white dots. Advertises for a play titled "The Romantics: A Parable of Love", by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.