Homo Faber

A success story goes into its fifth season: Director Volkmar Kamm had already developed his stage version of »Homo Faber« by Max Frisch at the Salzburg Landestheater in the 2009/2010 season. Due to the great demand, the production has been placed in the repertoire again. »l do not believe in destiny and fate; as a technician. I am accustomed to calculate with the formulas of probability« – that is how Walter Faber, the main figure in Max Frisch's 1957 novel, describes himself and his little world in one clear sentence. And then, against all probability, he encounters the unforeseeable, which confounds his world. his feelings and his mind: A chain of coincidences allows Walter Faber to meet the young Sabeth on a ship passage from New York to France. She of all people, who reminds him of the love of his youth, Hanna, becomes his fate …

Duration: 1 h 30 mins \ no intermission