When does the performance begin?

The performance starts on 15.10.2026 at 19:30.

Where does the event take place?

In the martini-Park of the Staatstheater Augsburg at Provinostraße 52, 86153 Augsburg.

How much does a ticket cost?

The ticket price starts at 22 euros.

Is the venue accessible?

Yes, the access via the theater entrance on Schäfflerbachstraße is fully accessible.

Is there an introduction before the start?

According to the schedule, the introduction starts at 19:00.

Is the event a world premiere?

Yes, The Metamorphosis is listed as a world premiere in the schedule.

Kafka becomes opera: The Metamorphosis unfolds in the martini-Park with unsettling beauty

Name: The Metamorphosis
Start: 2026-10-15T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-16T00:00:00+02:00
Location: martini-Park

Kafka heard anew, seen anew: The Metamorphosis as an opera in the martini-Park

With The Metamorphosis, the Staatstheater Augsburg presents Franz Kafka's famous story as a world premiere on the stage of the martini-Park. The opera by Gordon Kampe, based on a libretto by Philipp Löhle, condenses alienation, isolation, and familial coldness into a stage experience that pulses between psychological sharpness and musical urgency.

A material that gets under your skin

Gregor Samsa's transformation remains one of the strongest images in literary history. On stage, it becomes not just a motif of horror but a fine study of the breakdown of closeness. The Augsburg production focuses on pace, precision, and a sonic language that does not illustrate Kafka's suffocating world but opens it atmospherically.

Musical tension instead of mere illustration

Gordon Kampe's compositions are regarded as colorful, pointed, and theatrically effective. In Augsburg, this signature meets Philipp Löhle's libretto, which translates the characters' inner insecurity into clear scenes. This creates a production in which every beat, every glance, and every shift in the family structure gains weight.

The direction brings Kafka into the present

André Bücker directs, supported by stage, costume, light, and video as precisely coordinated means of acting and music theater dramaturgy. The result promises no decorative transformation but an evening that reflects the present within Kafka's text: performance pressure, loneliness, speechlessness.

Atmosphere in the martini-Park

The martini-Park serves as a temporary venue for the Staatstheater Augsburg, designed for form-conscious, immediate theater evenings. The proximity to the events enhances the theater atmosphere, making acoustics, lighting mood, and audience reaction experientially immediate and placing the opera in the tension that great literature needs on stage.

Conclusion

The Metamorphosis promises an intense opera evening between literary power, musical energy, and contemporary interpretation. Those seeking culture with attitude, psychological depth, and strong images should experience this world premiere live.