Blue Pumpkin Productions' recent trip to Germany
"A Journey to Kreisau" received its international premiere in Hamburg, Germany in March, 2007, with a cast of four German and one British actors, performing in English for a capacity audience. Helmuth James von Moltke's son, Helmuth Caspar, was in the audience and made some introductory remarks prior to the performance. The play received an eight-minute ovation and generated positive feedback from many.
On Sunday, March 11, in Berlin, a memorial service at the French Hugenot Church was followed by a concert at the Gendarmenmarkt concert hall, featuring a youth orchestra and adult chorus totaling more than 200 musicians and singers performing Mahler's 2nd Symphony; prior to the concert, introductory remarks honoring Helmuth James von Moltke were presented by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
This English transcript of Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 11th talk was sent to Blue Pumpkin from the offices of the German Consul General in Boston. Click here.
| Helmuth Caspar von Moltke, Marc P. Smith, and Oliver von Below (actor portraying Helmuth James von Moltke) / Photos, Susan L. Smith |
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| Kristina Prause (portraying Freya von Moltke) and Jasper Koch (portraying Roland Freisler, other male roles) |
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| Madeleine Lange (portraying various female roles) and Johannes Scott-Weijers (portraying the Narrator) |
