Don Quijote
Music theatre
Opera pastiche
Premiere 14.05.2026
Don Quijote
- Interesting for people aged 12+
- In different languages
- With German surtitles
- With English surtitles
A musical castle in the air for the master of imagination
Don Quixote travels through the plains of La Mancha on a rickety horse and dreams up his reality. Windmills become giants, taverns become castles and an unknown woman becomes his immortal lover. The novel about Cervantes' famous anti-hero goes beyond all bounds - over a thousand adaptations have already failed brilliantly to tell his story. Theatre artist Thom Luz follows in the footsteps of the crazy knight through the history of music and brings together compositions from Telemann to Massenet and de Falla at his deathbed. So who was right, the fantasist or reality?
- Musikalische Leitung – (14.05.2026 / 16.05.2026 / 18.05.2026 / 27.05.2026 / 30.05.2026 / 13.06.2026 / 19.06.2026 / 21.06.2026), (04.06.2026 / 07.06.2026)
- Inszenierung –
- Musikalisches Konzept/Arrangements –
- Bühne –
- Kostüme –
Tina Bleuler
- Video –
Jonas Alsleben
- Lichtdesign –
- Dramaturgie –
- Licht –
- Kammerorchester Basel
- Statisterie Theater Basel
Before the premiere
Shortly before the premiere, during the final rehearsals, we invite you to an exclusive preview. In an introduction, you will meet the artistic team and learn more about the play, the material, and the production. Afterward, you will attend a stage rehearsal.