Petra Morze & Elisabeth Plank - Culture.Summer.Semmering

Marie Antoinette – Icon, projection surface, tragic queen. This literary-musical afternoon approaches the woman behind the myth and opens a surprisingly personal perspective on her life at the French court. At the center is the multifaceted portrait of a queen caught between luxury, ease, and the corset of courtly obligations – and between admiration, misunderstandings, and a tragic fate. Petra Morzé reads from Stefan Zweig's "Marie Antoinette: Portrait of a Moderate Character" and brings to life a woman whose humanity often disappears behind the historical figure. Works for harp by virtuosos of the 18th-century French court bring to life the intimate sound world that shaped the queen's courtly everyday life. Elisabeth Plank creates this musical resonance space, thereby opening an unexpectedly sensual window into Marie Antoinette's world – for she herself was a passionate harpist.