East German Poster Database

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• Die Jungfrau von Orleans: Oper von P.I. Tschaikowski- Staatstheater Schwerin.
  This poster is white with a black border. Across the top right hand corner are diagonal stripes in blue, white and red, the color of the French tricolore. The text is in black letters arranged diagonally across the top third of the poster. The bottom half of the poster shows the black outline of medieval lances. This poster advertises the opera by Tchaikovsky entitled "The Maiden of Orleans".
• Der Nußknacker: Ballett von Pjotr I. Tschaikowski- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster background is black. It depicts a girl with blonde pigtails and floral tutu-style dress in ballet pose, with the Nutcracker battling the Rat King below. This poster advertises for a performance of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker".
• P.I. Tschaikowski: Schwanensee- Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Palast der Republik Großer Saal, 11. 12. 13. Sept. 1981 19 Uhr, Karten ab 15. August
  This poster is black and white photograph (on black) of a line of female ballet dancers in white tutus, with a man posing in the foreground. The text is in white at the top. this poster advertises for performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
• P.I. Tschaikowski: Schwanensee, Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin- Palast der Republik, Großer Saal- Karten ab 15.12. an den Kassen des PdR- 5. und 6. Januar 1980 um 16 Uhr
  This poster is a black and white photograph (on black) of a male ballet dancer in white holding the hand of a female dancer in black on pointe. The text is in white at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
• Pjotr Tschaikowski/Pique Dame/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  This poster is green and depicts a queen of spades card in center with black and white depictions of a man and a woman instead. The spades are half black/half red. Its text is in black on all sides of card. This poster advertises for Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" opera.
• Eugen Onegin Komische Oper
  Poster is a black and white photograph of a young woman in a skirt looking through a fence with trees in the background. Poster advertises for a comic opera titled "Eugen Onegin", by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
• P. I. Tschaikowski- Dornröschen
  This poster is beige with flowered border on left side. It depicts a portrait of Sleeping Beauty with antique effect. Cut-out flowers and bubbles scattered across the poster. Poster advertises for the ballet "Sleeping Beauty" by Tschaikovski, to be performed at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
• Eugen Onegin- Peter I. Tschaikowski
  This poster is black and white, featuring partial image of a man covering his face with his hand fractured into squares. The poster advertises for Eugen Onegin, and opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest. Based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin.
• Eugen Onegin: Lyrische Szenen in drei Akten von Peter Tschaikowski nach Alexander Puschkin Das Meininger Theater
  This poster is brown and yellow with a high contrast grain, featuring the corner of a table with a candlestick recently put out (smoking) and a crumpled handwritten letter. What appears to be a dead rose is visible underneath the paper. The poster advertises for Eugen Onegin, and opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest. Based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin.