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A nunnery or love? Love or money? Money or death? – On her way to the monastery, the young Manon is wooed by men. When Chevalier Des Grieux turns up, they fall in love and decide to escape. They live in Paris, money is scarce, family honour injured. And so Manon agrees to have Des Grieux abducted at his father's command, and begins a new life with a rich man. While she lives in the lap of luxury, in his pain Des Grieux decides to take holy orders. Manon learns of this and is able to change his mind. Again they live together: their love is enormous, money is scarce, and luxury and the casino beckon. Accused of cheating at cards, they are arrested; Des Grieux is released, but Manon is sentenced to a women's prison. Money is supposed to save her, but already she is too weak ... Recording of the premiere on January 24, 2021 from the State Opera Hamburg.
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John Neumeier is always on the ballet-related path, dance is his life and ballet is his world. He is the senior ballet director of the Hamburg Ballet, has a workshop in the ballet center for his choreographies and creations, including training for young talents by the ballet boarding school. Neumeier has achieved a lot and yet has always remained a seeker, has never stopped, on the way permanently. The portrait of John Neumeier unites the choreographer's presence, with a look back at the essential creations and formative choreographies, including dancers.
It shines bright white on Hamburg's Inner Alster: the façade of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten has been freshly painted to mark the 125th anniversary of the world-class luxury hotel. The whole of Hamburg has come to celebrate the legendary hotel's birthday. On February 24, 1897, the Swabian Friedrich Haerlin bought the bankrupt, narrow hotel with eleven rooms on the Alsterbassin at auction. Thanks to ingenious acquisitions and great skill as a hotelier, the hotel became one of the leading international hotels and a Hanseatic institution under its owner.
