THE VISIT – the musical
Great world literature as an opulent musical thriller
THE VISIT – the musical, based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, is about the billionaire Claire Zachanassian who returns to her impoverished hometown of Güllen after decades and offers the citizens a donation of two billion euros on one condition: the death of her former lover Alfred Ill. Christian Struppeck (book), Moritz Schneider / Michael Reed (music) and Wolfgang Hofer (lyrics) have taken on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's dramatic story and transformed it into a poignant, modern musical thriller, with lush, but also rocky melodies and suspenseful, pointed lyrics. The red-hot story of love, revenge and betrayal leaves no one cold. Melodies full of symphonic power and witty, poignant dialogue merge into an extraordinarily emotional musical.
Synopsis
After many years, billionaire Claire Zachanassian returns to her hometown, from which she was once expelled in disgrace as a young girl. She demands retribution for the injustice she suffered and offers the indebted provincial town the unimaginable sum of two billion, but on one condition: she demands the death of her former lover Alfred Ill, who betrayed and rejected her back then. The townspeople are horrified by the immoral offer, but human greed slowly gains the upper hand and a murderous race against time begins...
Dürrenmatt goes international
The acclaimed premiere of THE VISIT took place in 2013 at the renowned Thunerseespielen in Switzerland. In 2014, the grand theatre version celebrated its Austrian premiere at the Ronacher in Vienna. The first non-German-language production of THE VISIT took place in Japan in 2015 and 2016, followed by series of performances in Germany and the Netherlands.
