White imitation leather, black piano lacquer, brushed aluminium, choir rats in mobile cages, built-in lights and costume parades on an open stage, beds from which boats emerge. The challenges of Lohengrin were colorful, the result will always be remembered.A wall with glowing round cheese holes. A door that doesn't even open at first. The wall retracts revealing two white archways with lines of light, doors to a room full of rats and music.The floor in brushed aluminum, two rails for the rides of the stairs and the bedroom. A black boat emerges from the bed as a coffin and sinks back into the pillows. The hydraulic ram comes out of the rest ramp, the piston accumulator must always be filled.A carriage in black piano lacquer and a horse, a plucked swan just about fits through the glowing neon lamps...sometimes the wing tips get stuck.Hook of the charcoal miners for the skinned rat skins with the associated number...must be in order. A swan bows its head like a roly-poly, and the plexiglass pane does not forgive any touch.Torn rat tails that chronically get stuck in the drive carriages for the stage wagons and can bring everything to a standstill. Fallen claws cause the rat cages to stop, or the built-in brakes fail again and the cages roll inexorably towards the orchestra pit. Readjust.The stairs are opened and closed hydraulically, also on the rehearsal stage, also by the assistant director. And then the 18m long and 6.3m high walls have to be moved to the most distant rehearsal stage. The tilting turtles make it possible, and the gate height is just about right. Who took the measures?Transport protection prevents the worst. There was only one accident, and the fine Italian imitation leather had to be patched. Otherwise, above all, cleaning, again and again, until you see pink rats at some point.An egg drives onto the stage by remote control, the boat that carries it is already known. In it a child figure, cut off its umbilicus... it is turned towards the audience with the egg for the finale. Black.
