150 years of Hugo von Hofmannsthal - an exhibition in three acts and a prologue! The exhibition Staging Hofmannsthal , on show at the Vienna Theatre Museum until August 19, 2024, takes visitors on a tour of selected Hofmannsthal rooms that reveal the poet's working and thinking methods in all their complexity.
Alfred Roller, figurine from Elektra, 1909/date of performance: 1909, hand drawing, Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband
The examination of the function and design of spaces is a key issue in the work of the Austrian writer and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929). For him, spaces are never just physical environments, but also represent emotional states. The stage as a space where theatrical events become reality is the subject of many of his reflections.
Visitors are guided through the exhibition in a prologue and three acts. The focus is on Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Der Rosenkavalier-Film. And even Hofmannsthal's apartment in the center of Vienna, just a few meters away from the Theatermuseum, is part of this desire for staging. Furnished by architect and set designer Oskar Strnad, the living rooms are transformed into an urban stage.
A cooperation between the Theatermuseum and the Freies Deutsches Hochstift in Frankfurt am Main.
January 31, 2024 to August 19, 2024
www.theatermuseum.at
Alfred Roller, stage design for Elektra, 1909 (dat.)/date of performance: 1909, hand drawing, Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband
