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25-593: The Dortmunder Philharmoniker were founded as Orchesterverein in 1887. They played at different locations until the Stadttheater was opened in 1904. Since then they played also opera. The names of orchestra changed with organisational and functional changes, Hüttner Kapelle , Städtisches Orchester (Orchestra of the City), Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Dortmund , Philharmonisches Orchester Dortmund , now Dortmunder Philharmoniker . The concert venue after World War II

50-624: A CD in 2010, works of Antonín Dvořák , including his Symphony No. 6 and concert overtures. Theater Dortmund#Stadttheater Dortmund Theater Dortmund is a theatrical organization that produces operas , musicals , ballets , plays, and concerts in Dortmund , Germany. It was founded as the Stadttheater Dortmund in 1904. Supported by the German Government, the organization owns and operates several performance spaces. In 2010,

75-687: A German to a Jewish writer, with a corresponding change in her language: still flowery and conventional in some of her first poetry on the Holocaust, it becomes ever more compressed and surreal, returning to a series of the same images and tropes (dust, stars, breath, stones and jewels, blood, dancers, fish suffering out of water, madness, and ever-frustrated love) in ways that are sometimes comprehensible only to her readers, but always moving and disturbing. Though Sachs does not resemble many authors, she appears to have been influenced by Gertrud Kolmar and Else Lasker-Schüler , in addition to Celan. In 1961 Sachs won

100-499: A big stage. The first performance was Der Rosenkavalier of Strauss, an opera which had been performed first in 1911, the year of the works premiere. Wilhelm Schüchter conducted the Dortmunder Philharmoniker . In 1967 he conducted the premiere of the opera Eli of Walter Steffens after the drama of Nelly Sachs , a commission of the city of Dortmund. The orchestra used the opera house for concerts until 2002, when

125-436: A number of years in a mental institution . She continued to write while hospitalized, and eventually recovered sufficiently to live on her own, though her mental health remained fragile. Her worst breakdown was ostensibly precipitated by hearing spoken German during a trip to Switzerland to accept a literary prize. But she maintained a forgiving attitude toward younger Germans, and corresponded with many German-speaking writers of

150-463: A performance of Beethoven's Fidelio . The Intendant was P. Walter Jacob , who pursued performances of Wagner's operas and more recent works. He staged and conducted Wagner's Lohengrin during his first season and conducted Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg the following year. He staged Hans Pfitzner 's opera Das Herz (1930) and the drama Eli of Nelly Sachs (1950). In 1954 the musical comedy Die stumme Serenade of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

175-602: Is intensely lyrical and reflects some influence by German Romanticism , especially in her early work. The poetry she wrote as a young woman in Berlin is more inspired by Christianity than Judaism and makes use of traditional Romantic imagery and themes. Much of it concerns an unhappy love affair Sachs suffered in her teens with a non-Jewish man who would eventually be killed in a concentration camp. After Sachs learned of her only love interest's death, she bound up his fate with that of her people and wrote many love lyrics ending not only in

200-497: The Ruhr district was a European Capital of Culture , Theater Dortmund is a partner of the related program RUHR.2010 in the fields Music and Theater and Dance . Theater Dortmund's original theatre was designed by architect Martin Dülfer and built from 1902 to 1904. The theater's inaugural performance was of Richard Wagner 's Tannhäuser on 17 December 1904. Busoni's Doktor Faust

225-634: The 2005/06 season. Nelly Sachs Nelly Sachs ( German pronunciation: [ˈnɛliː zaks] ; 10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Her best-known play is Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels (1950); other works include

250-531: The Cantemus Chor and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in works of Mozart including his Great Mass in C minor . In June 2010 Cecilia Bartoli sang in concert the title role of Bellini's Norma for the first time, in the original mezzo-soprano range, with conductor Thomas Hengelbrock . The Konzerthaus Dortmund is an independent institution, led by Artistic Director Benedikt Stampa since

275-554: The Festival Klangvocal with music of Hans Werner Henze and Richard Wagner . Henze's Symphony No. 5 , Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder in Henze's version, and the first act of Die Walküre were performed with soloists Angela Denoke and Stig Andersen , conducted by Jac van Steen. It is part of a project begun in 2009 to perform all symphonies of Henze, whose mother was born in nearby Witten . The Dortmunder Philharmoniker recorded

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300-573: The Konzerthaus Dortmund was opened. Since 1968, the post-war opera house serves as the main stage for plays. Theater Dortmund also operates smaller theaters for more experimental productions. Schauspiel Dortmund and collective Tools for Action won an award for Cultural Education of the Federal Ministry of Culture and the Media of Germany for 2017 for the project Mirror Barricade. Since 2002,

325-532: The Nazis took power, she became increasingly terrified, at one point losing the ability to speak, as she would remember in verse: "When the great terror came/I fell dumb." Sachs fled with her aged mother to Sweden in 1940. It was her friendship with Lagerlöf that saved their lives: shortly before her own death, Lagerlöf intervened with the Swedish royal family to secure their release from Germany. Sachs and her mother escaped on

350-606: The beloved's death, but in the catastrophe of the Holocaust. Sachs herself mourns no longer as a jilted lover but as a personification of the Jewish people in their vexed relationship with history and God. Her fusion of grief with subtly romantic elements is in keeping with the imagery of the kabbalah , where the Shekhinah represents God's presence on earth and mourns for the separation of God from His people in their suffering. Thus Sachs's Romanticism allowed her to develop self-consciously from

375-523: The first Nelly Sachs Prize , a literary award given biennially by the German city of Dortmund and named in her honour. The city commissioned Walter Steffens to compose the opera Eli based on her mystery play, which premiered at the new opera house in 1967. When, with Shmuel Yosef Agnon , she was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature , she observed that Agnon represented Israel whereas "I represent

400-630: The last flight from Nazi Germany to Sweden, a week before Sachs was scheduled to report to a concentration camp . They settled in Sweden, and Sachs became a Swedish citizen in 1952. Living in a tiny two-room apartment in Stockholm, Sachs cared for her mother alone for many years, and supported their existence by translations between Swedish and German. After her mother's death, Sachs suffered several psychotic breakdowns, characterized by hallucinations , paranoia , and delusions of persecution by Nazis, and spent

425-547: The orchestra has been using the newly opened concert hall Konzerthaus Dortmund as a venue for the orchestra's concerts and guest performances. The planning and founding director was Ulrich Andreas Vogt . In the 2005/06 season Rebecca Saunders was composer-in-residence. In December 2008 the Thomanerchor and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig , conducted by Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller , performed Bach's Christmas Oratorio . In November 2009 Ignat Solzhenitsyn conducted

450-465: The poems " Zeichen im Sand " (1962), " Verzauberung " (1970), and the collections of poetry In den Wohnungen des Todes (1947), Flucht und Verwandlung (1959), Fahrt ins Staublose (1961), and Suche nach Lebenden (1971). She was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature . Leonie Sachs was born in Berlin- Schöneberg , Germany, in 1891 to a Jewish family. Her parents were

475-584: The postwar period, including Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Ingeborg Bachmann . In the context of the Shoah , her deep friendship with "brother" poet Paul Celan is often noted today. Their bond was described in one of Celan's most famous poems, " Zürich, Zum Storchen " ("Zürich, The Stork Inn"). Sachs and Celan shared the Holocaust and the fate of the Jews throughout history, their interest in Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices, and their literary models; their imagery

500-645: The tragedy of the Jewish people." She read her poem "In der Flucht" at the ceremony. Sachs died from colorectal cancer in 1970. She was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Her possessions were donated to the National Library of Sweden . A memorial plaque commemorates her birthplace, Maaßenstraße 12, in Schöneberg , Berlin, where there is also a park named for her in Dennewitzstraße. A park on

525-484: The wealthy natural rubber and gutta-percha manufacturers Georg William Sachs (1858–1930) and his wife Margarete, née Karger (1871–1950). She was educated at home because of frail health. She showed early signs of talent as a dancer, but her protective parents did not encourage her to pursue a profession. She grew up as a very sheltered, introverted young woman and never married. She pursued an extensive correspondence with her friends Selma Lagerlöf and Hilde Domin . As

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550-559: Was often remarkably similar, though developed independently. Their friendship was supportive during professional conflicts. Celan also suffered from artistic infighting ( Claire Goll 's accusations of plagiarism ) during a period of frustration with his work's reception. When Sachs met Celan she was embroiled in a long dispute with Finnish-Jewish composer Moses Pergament over his adaptation of her play Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels . In Celan she found someone who understood her anxiety and hardships as an artist. Sachs's poetry

575-523: Was performed in 1925. The building was significantly damaged from an aerial bombing on 1 March 1943, but remained in operation until 1 September 1944 when the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda of the Nazi government closed all German theatres. A second bombing on 6 October 1944 completely destroyed the original building. An interim theatre was inaugurated by Theater Dortmund on 12 September 1950, with

600-550: Was premiered. In 1955 Jacob staged Franz Werfel 's drama Jacobowski und der Oberst and played a leading part himself. The theater was mainly used for operas; plays were mostly performed at the Theater am Ostwall . Theater Dortmund was called Städtische Bühnen Dortmund (Stages of the City of Dortmund). The new opera house Opernhaus Dortmund opened in 1966 to serve as a venue for operas, ballets, concerts, and for plays which require

625-999: Was the Kleine Westfalenhalle . In 1966 they opened the new opera house Opernhaus Dortmund with a performance of Der Rosenkavalier , conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter . Its hall was also used for symphony concerts until 2002, when the Konzerthaus Dortmund opened as the orchestra's home. As of 2010, the orchestra had grown to 102 musicians. The principal conductor has the title Generalmusikdirektor : The Dortmunder Philharmiker perform regular concerts and also concerts for young listeners, Familienkonzerte (family concerts) for people from five years up, and Konzerte für junge Leute (concerts for young people). In October 2006 they toured in China, in Shanghai and Beijing among others, conducted by Arthur Fagen. In 2010 they participated in

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