Theater landscapes

The striking building, designed by Georg Moller in 1833, with the curves of the auditorium carried outwards, was the model for the Semperoper in Dresden, among others.
Esther Schweins introduces the Mainz theater, reports on visits by the tsar and the traditional carnival farces that have been going on for 150 years.
Plays written especially for the carnival season are performed by amateur actors together with members of the ensemble during the carnival days.
A scandal occurred at the first performance of Carl Zuckmayer's "Der fröhliche Weinberg" in March 1926.
The Rhenish winegrowers protested against the performance and marched in front of the Mainz theater with pitchforks and flails.
The police stood in front of the angry winegrowers and protected the theater.
However, the negative reactions from the audience were limited and the production was a great success.

There were repeated discussions in Mainz about closing the theater or merging it with Wiesbaden.
In difficult times, it was not uncommon for the Mainz audience to play a decisive role in determining the repertoire - according to the motto "What you want".
Special attention was paid to the traveling stars Maria Schell, Will Quadflieg, Paul Hartmann, Elisabeth Bergner, Karl-Heinz Schroth, Gustav Knuth and Inge Meysel.

The Swiss Georges Delnon has been artistic director of the Staatstheater Mainz since 1999.
With his musical theater productions and the very successful works of ballet director Martin Schläpfer, the Mainz theater is once again making a name for itself nationwide.