The Program as Advertisement: Art and Propaganda in Concert and Theater Programs, Exhibition Catalogues, and Brochures in Germany 1913-1961Main MenuArt and the ProgramDocumenting Cultural Events in Germany Before, During, and After the Nazi EraGermany Before World War I: The Munich Folk Theater and its HistoryGermany Before World War I: The Munich Folk Theater and its HistoryWorld War I and the Weimar RepublicConcerts, Opera, and Music Theater Programs in Germany Between 1933 and 1945Song and Choir Sheet Music of the New CommunitySong and Choir Sheet Music of the New Community, contentCulture League of German Jews 1933/4Culture League of German Jews 1933/4Invitations, Posters, and AdvertisementsCabaret under Nazi RegimeCabaret under Nazi RegimeThe "Great German Art Exhibition" and the "Degenerate Art" ExhibitionThe "Great German Art Exhibition" and the "Degenerate Art" ExhibitionOld Household Goods - Old Folk ArtOld Household Goods - Old Folk ArtA Glimpse from the Outside: German Publications Reviewed by the "Friends of Europe" PeriodicalA Glimpse from the Outside: German Publications Reviewed by the "Friends of Europe" PeriodicalPost-war Germany, 1945-1949Post-war Germany, 1945-1949Wagner Performances in Post-war GermanyWagner Performances in Post-war GermanyExiles Return: Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera in Post-war GermanyExiles Return: Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera in Post-war GermanyConclusionAdi Nesterebef2239f18cd6ba5c09a0dfc25b13cff6ecbf4c
A program announcing the performance of Wagner's Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Meistersingers of Nuremberg) in the Opernhaus am Karl Marx Platz during the 1960/61 season. The program stresses the relevance of Wagner's musical drama to the present with its focus on the unique relation between the individual genius and the people. Wagner's work, the program emphasizes, warns us of “the dangers to art when its free unfolding is inhibited and constricted.” Nevertheless, it reminds us that the a genius still has to get support from the guild and and its order. One can also identify a subtle moment of reflection in the program's depiction of the figure of the head of the chancery in the opera: “In his exactitude [he is] perhaps the most German figure of this German opera […] he knows […] everything that an artist should know, only one thing is missing: the spark without which all is for naught.”