Der Kontrabass

Tragicomedy by Patrick Süskind

Guest performance
The Double Bass
Tragicomedy by Patrick Süskind

A production of the Taeter Theater Heidelberg
With Benjamin Hille
Directed by Wolfgang Graczol

An endearingly eccentric double bass player recounts his life and suffering as a state-employed musician with dry wit and under the increasing influence of beer. He ardently longs for fame and recognition, but above all for the provocative soprano Sarah, who always shines high up in the limelight and yet has no eye or ear for her musical counterpart deep down in the orchestra pit. All he has left is an increasingly bizarre love-hate relationship with his gruesome instrument.