Shlomi Moto Wagner RICHARD WAGNER – The Drag Queen

Richard Wagner is a drag queen, and Shlomi Moto Wagner’s great-grandfather was her drag mother. Together they share not only family roots, but also a drag heritage in the Jewish House of Mazeltov. This pseudo-documentary music theatre performance combines classical Wagner motifs with electronic beats, lip-sync, video projections and lots of pink satin.
This contemporary opera performance unearths the biographies that have been erased, censored or rewritten – on both sides of the Wagner family tree. It draws on the forgotten legacies of queer survival, Jewish memory and the seductive power of myth – and evolves into a dazzling spectacle of drag, deconstruction and fantasy.

So, Mazeltov Queen Richard Wagner – let’s go!

Artistic Director | Lyrics | Music | Director Shlomi Moto Wagner
Co-director | Dramaturgy Anne Welenc
Technology | Lighting design Jones Seitz
Video | Space Alejandro Spano
Costume Michel Wagenschütz

A production by Shlomi Moto Wagner and The House of Mazeltov in co-operation with Ballhaus Ost. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Pankow District Office of Berlin, Office for Further Education and Culture, Department of Art and Culture.