Overview
- Ticket sales are now open for the 2025 Lausitz Festival, which will host approximately 30 events across South Brandenburg and East Saxony.
- The festival will open with the premiere of 'Sonettfabrik,' inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets, at the historic briquette factory in Domsdorf.
- Highlights include a new production of 'Othello/Die Fremden' at a former glass factory in Weißwasser and the family opera 'Krabat,' based on a Sorbian legend, in Görlitz.
- Musical tributes will honor Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday with a live-streamed concert and celebrate Kurt Weill's 125th anniversary with a performance by Ute Lemper in Bautzen.
- This year's theme, 'unsbewusst,' emphasizes community and collective identity, aligning with the festival's mission to showcase the cultural transformation of the Lausitz region.