Letter to the Future – Saudades of the Future

Scenic Concert Evening What future do we wish for ourselves and for our daughters? On her 18th birthday, Selma receives a letter from her grandmother: In it, she writes about her childhood, youth, and adulthood. This scenic concert evening with the Trio Gilu is inspired by three female poets who did not receive recognition during their lifetimes. Karoline von Günderrode and Emily Dickinson were unable to express or act freely as women; Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger was a young Jewish girl when Hitler came to power. Three contemporary composers—Helena Cánovas i Parés (Spain), Ruben De Gheselle (Belgium), and Martín Letelier (Chile)—have set the poems of these remarkable figures to music. The music leads the Portuguese director Hugo Portela Larisch in his staging to a guiding question: What does it feel like to grow up as a woman? At the center is the grandmother's letter to her granddaughter Selma, which is also based on interviews with women of different ages and from various cultures. The program series "Women at Court" is a tribute to Princess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel on her 300th birthday: Who was the woman married to the Prussian prince Heinrich of Rheinsberg? The concerts invite audiences to reflect on female personalities like her—those who stood in the shadows yet made their own decisions, took responsibility, and left their mark. Thus, Wilhelmine becomes the namesake for today's "Wilhelmines": women who seek their path between societal expectations and their own voice. "Women at Court" is a collaboration with the "Conversations at the Rheinsberg Muses' Court 2026" of the Rheinsberg Arts and Culture Association. Photo: Anna Tena For more information: https://schlosstheater-rheinsberg.de/produktionen/brief-an-die-zukunft-saudades-of-the-future/