Name: Sunset Boulevard
Start: 2022-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gera, Grosses Haus

Organization

Conductor

Thomas Wicklein

Stage director

Michael Wallner

Set designer

Till Kuhnert

Costume designer

Hilke Lakonen

Choreographer

Lillian Stillwell

Chorus master

Gerald Krammer

Dramaturge

Felix Eckerle

Translator

Michael Rolf Kunze

Angelika Milster

Performer

Theater Altenburg Gera

German

Sunset Boulevard

Gera

Germany

Gera, Grosses Haus

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Singer

Bass

Baritone

Countertenor

Soprano

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

“Who thinks of those who get stuck
on Sunset Boulevard?”
Joe Gillis

Joe Gillis happened to stop in the driveway of a stately home on famous Sunset Boulevard. This is where the silent film diva Norma Desmond resides. Once achieved great fame and fortune, she now lives lonely and withdrawn, indulging in memories of bygone times and indulging in the illusion of continuing her unique film career. Her butler supports her in her madness. When Norma hears that Joe is a scriptwriter, she sees him as an opportunity to find her way back to the studios. But meanwhile other actors in Hollywood of the 50s are realizing their dream of great success.

Based on the film of the same name by Billy Wilder (1950), which ironically questions the glittering film world of the dream factory Hollywood, Andrew Lloyd Webber created one of the most successful and at the same time emotionally gripping rock musicals in 1993. The fate of Norma Desmond is exemplary for all people who, trapped in their past, have lost touch with reality in the here and now.

English

Sunset Boulevard by Lloyd Webber, From (2022/2022), Directed by Michael Wallner,, Conductor Thomas Wicklein, Gera, Grosses Haus, Gera, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues