Circus

Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, may I have your attention please! What you have just witnessed were 95 performances of CIRCUS—marvelous music and great artistes in a delightful setting.

CIRCUS enlivened the summer in Linz and Upper Austria with marvelous musical entertainment. As is fitting and proper for true CIRCUS troupers, the artists, performers and musicians took their show on the road for appearances in three Linz neighborhoods and in the Upper Austrian cities of Gmunden and Schärding. A French wooden tent sporting a red top was the charming venue of 95 performances featuring 23 pieces of music. The tent offered seating for 200 thrilled onlookers, a unique ambience for the enjoyment of extraordinary musical pleasures.

And Linz stepped right up and heard the big show! A great array of talent including Katharina Klement, Judith Unterpertinger, Johanna Doderer, Bernd Preinfalk, Renald Deppe and Rudolf Jungwirth composed and arranged music especially for CIRCUS—spellbinding, joyous, amazing music! At most productions, the score was performed by ENSEMBLE09. And no less impressive was the lineup of personalities who served as the CIRCUS’ ringmaster: Didi Bruckmayr, Renald Deppe, Wolfgang Dorninger, Isabel Ettenauer, Michi Gaigg, Thomas Kerbl, Gunar Letzbor, Ferry Öllinger, Michael Oman, Rudy Pfann, Martin Ptak, Leo Schmidinger and Balduin Sulzer. And CIRCUS’s youngest guests were treated to some very special productions by Jeunesse Musicale featuring pupils age 9 and up.

IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE BIGTOP!

WHAT // Music par excellence!
WHEN // May 11-August 30, 2009
WHERE // Linz, Gmunden, Schärding

Download:

Circus Programm (PDF)
Map Bergschlössl (PDF)
Map Gmunden (PDF)
Map Urfahr (PDF)

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