Two new programme books in my collection : 'Südseetulpen' and 'Crusades'

Last week, I have received two programme books for contemporary opera :

- Benjamin Schweitzer : Südseetulpen, Chemnitz, January 14, 2017 ;
- Ludger Vollmer : Crusades, Freiburg, January 14, 2017.

The first one is a 36 pages brochure. It contains :

- complete cast and crew ;
- color photos of rehearsals ;
- synopsis ;
- Einmal eine Operette, dialogue with the composer Benjamin Schweitzer ;
- biographies of composer and librettist ;
- a short excerpt of the libretto ;
- Eine Blumenzwiebel für 87.000 Euro, by Winand von Petersdorf ;
- Die Südseeblase kam auch Isaac Newton teuer zu stehen, by Kerstin Papon ;
- biographies of the characters ;
- biographies of the artists (cast and crew).

The second is a 24 pages brochure. It contains :

- complete cast and crew ;
- synopsis ;
- detailed plot ;
- Oper über Spätfolgen der Kreuzzüge, notes by composer Ludger Vollmer ;
- color photos of rehearsals ;
- 2 short texts by Simon Sebag Montefiore and Nizar Qabbani ;
- Wie soll Oper aktuell und politisch erzählen ? an article by Tiina Hartmann ;
- Von Glaubensdingen, Anmerkungen zur und von der Patenklasse.

Both brochures are entirely in German. I now have 437 programme books for contemporary operas, not including several books I only have as PDF. You can see all the covers in this flickr folder.