Karl-May-Spiele "Der Ölprinz"

• Theatre

From 25 June to 4 September 2022
Match days Thursday to Saturday, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Premiere on 25.06. at 20:30 Phone 01805/952111

His soul is as dark as the black gold – and his heart as cold as the lonely mountain lake in which he makes his victims disappear: the elegant businessman Grinley, whom they call the "oil prince" in the West, is not only a buffoonish businessman, but also an unscrupulous fraudster and murderer. With an alleged oil well at Gloomy Water, he and his brother Buttler want to make the big money, but three men get in their way: Apache chief Winnetou, his white blood brother Old Shatterhand and the bizarre Sam Hawkens. They have to make peace between two hostile Indian tribes and ensure that a German wagon train with the resolute trek leader Rosalie Ebersbach does not get caught between the fronts. And then there is the beautiful-minded cantor Hampel, who wants to compose a heroic opera in the Wild West and teach the Indians the flute tones...