Musical theatre, theatre and literature are programmed by theatre director Daniel Rohr. With our own productions, repertoire performances and carefully selected guest performances, we want to offer our audience unforgettable theatre experiences. We ...
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Melody
A play with music based on the novel by Martin Suter
Premiere.
Martin Suter has granted the Rigiblick Theatre the rights to a stage adaptation of his novel. The play is enriched musically by songs by Stephan Eicher, for which Martin Suter wrote the lyrics.
Former National Councillor Dr Stotz lives in a villa on the Zürichberg, surrounded by portraits of a young woman. Melody was once his fiancée, but she disappeared shortly before their wedding – over 40 years ago. To this day, Stotz has never got over it. He tells this story to the young Tom Elmer, who has been tasked with sorting out his estate. Gradually, Tom begins to wonder whether his boss really is who he claims to be. Together with Stotz’s grandniece Laura, he begins to investigate, a quest that takes them to distant places – and into a past where truth and fiction lie dangerously close to one another.
Performance rights: Diogenes Verlag AG, Zurich
This production was supported by the Schwyzer-Winiker Foundation and the Vontobel Foundation. Thank you!
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Tuesday, November 17, 2026
20:00
NOK 67 / 62 / 30
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
20:00
NOK 67 / 62 / 30
Featuring
Urs Bihler
Klaus Hemmerle
Eva Maropoulos
Severin Mauchle
Alexandre Pelichet
Graziella Rossi
Hanna Scheuring
Music
Ken Mallor
Sascha Bendiks
Director
Daniel Rohr
Theatre adaptation
Daniel Rohr
Klaus Hemmerle
Set design
Elke Thomann
Costumes
Elke Thomann
Claudia Binder
Assistant Director
Joëlle Anouk Honegger
Musical Director
Chrigi Roffler
Sound
Brian Lee
Lighting
Janos von Kwiatkowski
Stage technology
Zora Marti
Make-up
Marion Loosli
Prompter
Gianni Pfister / Michaela Trütsch
We would like to thank Diogenes Verlag for granting the rights to the novel for the stage adaptation. Thank you to Martin Suter for granting permission to adapt the novel for the stage. Thank you to Stephan Eicher for granting permission to use the songs for this theatrical performance.
Theater Rigiblick
Germaniastrasse 99
8044 Zürich
+41 (0)44 361 80 51
info@theater-rigiblick.ch
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