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The Devil and Margarita

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The Devil and Margarita: Cult Classic Goes Rock-N-Roll!

Songs (in English) and staged reading (in German)

The translator/author Alexandra Berlina and the composer Dmitri Chuvelev ("Neschastny Sluchai") have no respect for classical music! And so Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita was turned into a rock musical comedy. In The Devil and Margarita, Satan himself arrives in Stalinist Moscow with his demonic crew, turns the city upside down and, at Margarita's behest, rescues her beloved writer from the madhouse. The libretto reinforces the grotesque, humorous and decadent - and the music provides plenty of drive!

A dream team of experienced amateurs and professionals under the musical direction of pianist Igor Kirillov performs the songs and gives a staged reading. The songs are sung in English and played in German - and if you pay close attention, you might even pick up a word or two in Russian!

More about the Great Satanic Ball, the murderous Vaudeville show, the talking cat, the flying pig and other devilries:
https://thedevilandmargarita.com

With the support of the Düsseldorf Department of Culture, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf and District Council 03
The black and white photo shows a group of eight musicians of different ages, elegantly dressed and posing around a grand piano. On the left, a pianist sits at the open instrument, while the other band members are arranged in dark, stylish clothing for a professional group photo.
The black and white photo shows four musicians during a stage performance, with three people standing at microphones and singing, while one person is seated playing the piano. The performers are surrounded by music stands and professional stage equipment, suggesting a concert or musical performance. The picture shows a theatre scene in the Jazzschmiede with four people: a pianist on the left, a couple in the middle (a man in a striped suit and a woman in a yellow dress) in an intimate embrace, and a woman in a red dress on the right at the grand piano. The scene looks like a performance or a musical with a romantic atmosphere.
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