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Deutsches Theater Berlin The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame)

Date: July 5-8－7:30

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-580 yuan

Claire Zachanassian returns to the town of her youth, Güllen, as a rich and powerful woman. Decades earlier, she had been forced to leave as she was expecting the illegitimate child of Alfred Ill. He had denied paternity, and with the help of false witnesses had won the lawsuit initiated by Claire. Now an American billionaires, Claire wants to take revenge on him and the people of the town. Having bought up all the firms in Güllen and put them out of business, she now offers the townspeople one billion on the condition that one of them kills Ill. Initially scandalized, but increasingly enthralled by the prospect of the money, the Gülleners degenerate into a buying frenzy and demand of Ill that he voluntarily take his own life for the common good.

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Date: July 1－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-380 yuan

Staatstheater Nurnberg is one of Germany's largest comprehensive theaters, which is dedicated to all types of music, dance and drama works. 500 employees come from more than 30 countries. Staatstheater Nurnberg consists of four traditional performance venues, i.e., Opera Theater, Drama Hall, Chamber Music Stage and Experimental Theatre. Nuremberg National Philharmonic Orchestra performs concerts in Die Meistersinger Concert Hall. On average, Staatstheater Nurnberg stages 800 performances and welcomes 300,000 visitors during every show season. On Sept 16, 2003, it was elevated from the municipal theater to the status of state theater.