Marcus Richardt

A documentary about the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) in Germany.

In 1999, doctoral student Ingmar Hoerr accidentally discovers revolutionary mRNA vaccine technology at the University of Tübingen, Germany—the same technology that would later protect millions from Covid-19. Despite initial ridicule from Nobel laureates and experts, Hoerr perseveres and founds his own company to develop the first vaccine based on mRNA technology. With the Covid-19 pandemic emerging in 2020, everything changes. Suddenly, governments and people around the world pin their hopes on the technology he invented, believing it could save the world. But when Hoerr is called to Berlin by the German government, fate intervenes and his focus shifts from saving humanity to saving himself.

In her desperate longing for sympathy and understanding, a single mother tries to get back in touch with her grown-up son, who locked himself up in his room since two years. She doesn't sense that she runs the risk of loosing him forever.

When Lilly and Anna meet, two worlds collide - one is the leader of a gang of girls, the other is a loner. Confrontation turns into desire...

The inaugural season of Tobias Kratzer and Omer Meir Wellber's partnership at the Hamburg State Opera kicks off. The director and conductor present Schumann's rarely performed oratorio Paradise and the Peri. The Peri's quest for redemption, brilliantly interpreted by Vera-Lotte Boecker, illustrates many of today's issues, such as the need for empathy in a world shaken by crises.

Wishing to disinherit his nephew Ernesto, Don Pasquale decides, despite his advanced age, to get married... An energetic opera buffa by Gaetano Donizetti. Conducted by Matteo Beltrami, the new production by the Hamburg State Opera features baritone Ambrogio Maestri and soprano Danielle de Niese.