{"id":5040,"date":"2026-05-22T14:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:53:20","slug":"ich-ich-ich-je-suis-narcissiste-arrives-at-theater-hagen-on-september-12-in-the-stadttheater-giesen-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/ich-ich-ich-je-suis-narcissiste-arrives-at-theater-hagen-on-september-12-in-the-stadttheater-giesen-production\/","title":{"rendered":"> Ich, ich, ich! (Je suis narcissiste) arrives at Theater Hagen on September 12 in the Stadttheater Gie\u00dfen production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: \u00a9 <strong>Klaus B\u00e4rwinkel<\/strong>. Theater Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Ruhr region, built in 1911.<\/p>\n<p>The comic opera <strong><em>Ich, ich, ich!<\/em> <\/strong><strong>(<em>Je suis narcissiste<\/em>)<\/strong> by <strong>Raquel Garc\u00eda-Tom\u00e1s<\/strong> has fully connected with German audiences and will premiere in Hagen this September in a century-old theatre with its own orchestra, the Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, under the stage direction of Ute M. Engelhardt, who premiered the work at Stadttheater Gie\u00dfen in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ich, ich, ich!<\/em><\/strong><strong> (<em>Je suis narcissiste<\/em>)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Comic opera by <strong>Raquel Garc\u00eda-Tom\u00e1s<br \/>\n<\/strong>Libretto by<strong> Helena Tornero<\/strong><br \/>\nGerman translation by <strong>Arno L\u00fccker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A production of Stadttheater Gie\u00dfen<\/strong><br \/>\nRecommended for ages 14 and up<br \/>\nPerformed in German with German surtitles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Narcissism:<\/strong> excessive self-love and self-centeredness, inspired by the mythological figure Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raquel Garc\u00eda-Tom\u00e1s<\/strong>\u2019s opera <strong><em>Ich, ich, ich!<\/em><\/strong> is a delirious musical-theatrical roller coaster in which styles and eras collide playfully and fearlessly, from blues and film music to 19th-century romantic opera, resulting in a fast-paced, entertaining, and sharply satirical work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After an utterly disastrous day, event planner Klothilde finds herself in the office of the eccentric Dr. Giovanni Tempesta. The fact that she has lost not only her pampered cat, but also her lover and her job, seems to matter very little to the psychologist. His diagnosis is clear: Klothilde suffers \u2014 like the rest of society \u2014 from narcissism. Using more than questionable methods, Giovanni Tempesta embarks with her on a journey that will change Klothilde\u2019s life forever\u2026 or perhaps not.<\/p>\n<p>The opera premiered in 2019 under the title <strong><em>Je suis narcissiste<\/em><\/strong> at the <strong>Teatro Real<\/strong> in Madrid and now arrives at <strong>Theater Hagen<\/strong> in German translation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast and Creative Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Musical Direction: <strong>Steffen M\u00fcller-Gabriel<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Stage Direction: <strong>Ute M. Engelhardt<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Assistant Stage Direction: <strong>Linn\u00e9a Unverzagt<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Set and Costume Design: <strong>Prisca Baumann<\/strong> and <strong>Kerstin Grie\u00dfhaber<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Choreography: <strong>Giuseppe De Filippis<\/strong> and <strong>Michele De Filippis<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Lighting Design: <strong>Hans-Joachim K\u00f6ster<\/strong> and <strong>Konstantin Wassilewski<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Dramaturgy: <strong>Thomas Rufin<\/strong> and <strong>Christian F\u00f6rnzler<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>With<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Polina Artsis<br \/>\n\u2022 Tomi Wendt<br \/>\n\u2022 Nike Tiecke<br \/>\n\u2022 Anton Kuzenok<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Philharmonic Orchestra of Hagen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performances \/ Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ich, ich, ich!<\/em><\/strong><strong> (<em>Je suis narcissiste<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 12 September \/ 7:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n7:00 pm Introduction at the Theatercaf\u00e9<br \/>\nGro\u00dfes Haus<br \/>\n<strong>Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 20 September \/ 3:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n2:30 pm Introduction at the Theatercaf\u00e9<br \/>\nGro\u00dfes Haus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 10 October \/ 7:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n7:00 pm Introduction at the Theatercaf\u00e9<br \/>\nGro\u00dfes Haus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 15 October \/ 7:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n7:00 pm Introduction at the Theatercaf\u00e9<br \/>\nGro\u00dfes Haus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, 22 October \/ 7:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n7:00 pm Introduction at the Theatercaf\u00e9<br \/>\nGro\u00dfes Haus<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaterhagen.de\/veranstaltung\/ich-ich-ich-je-suis-narcissiste-2029\/9917\/show\/Play\/\">More information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: \u00a9 Klaus B\u00e4rwinkel. Theater Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Ruhr region, built in 1911. The comic opera Ich, ich, ich! (Je suis narcissiste) by Raquel Garc\u00eda-Tom\u00e1s has fully connected with German audiences and will premiere in Hagen this September in a century-old theatre with its own orchestra, the Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premieres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorialmondigromax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}