"I thought it was a joke": Schubart's freedom drama at KulturBahnhof Aalen
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Schubart's voice returns to the stage
On January 23, 2027, the song play "I thought it was a joke" at KulturBahnhof Aalen commemorates the arrest of the poet Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart 250 years ago. The performance combines expressive piano songs by Schubart with a specially written modern theater text, transforming historical remembrance into a contemporary stage experience.
Between song and drama
At the center of the production is Schubart's artistic language: His piano songs encounter a new theater text by Toni Bernhart. This creates a dramatic form between concert, drama, and literary music theater. Piano, singing, and scenic representation enter into an immediate dialogue.
A poet in conflict with power
On January 23, 1777, the Württemberg Duke Carl Eugen had the authority-critical poet arrested in Blaubeuren. Schubart remained imprisoned at Hohenasperg for more than ten years; his fate was already noticed across Europe at his time. The performance places this historical turning point at its heart and connects it with the question of freedom of art and literature.
Music as memory and resistance
Robert Bärwald takes on the piano part. Gabriel Fortunas and vocal students from the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts provide vocals and dramatic presentation. In the theatrical atmosphere of the former train station building, historical song art, modern direction, and literary dramaturgy intersect. The acoustics of the concert hall, the concentration of voices, and the interplay of music and scene give the evening a special tension.
A cultural-historical evening in Aalen
The song play is created in cooperation with the Schubart Society, the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts, the Institute for Literary Studies of the University of Stuttgart, and the Culture and Press Office of Aalen. The production understands Schubart's courage and creativity not as a museum remembrance, but as an impulse for a present in which artists and writers worldwide face repression.
Conclusion: Experience Schubart live
The audience can expect a concentrated stage experience of song, drama, and literary history. "I thought it was a joke" transforms KulturBahnhof Aalen into a resonance space for a prominent historical voice. Those who want to experience theater, classical song art, and political literature in an unusual production will find an intense evening between past and present.
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