Münchhausen — The Musical (Premiere)

A World Premiere in Europe's Largest Rose Garden

June 6, 2026, marks a special day for Theater Eisleben: with Münchhausen — The Musical, the company is staging its own musical premiere. The venue is not its home stage in Lutherstadt Eisleben, but the Rose Arena at the Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen – an open-air location boasting 8,700 varieties and over 80,000 rose plants, making it one of the world's largest rose collections.

The musical tells the stories of the famous Baron of Lies, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797) – the nobleman from Lower Saxony whose incredible tales of adventure made him a European literary and cultural icon. How does a man ride a cannonball? How does he pull himself out of a swamp by his own pigtail? How does he travel to Turkey and dine with the Sultan? The play sets Münchhausen's most famous episodes to music and stage performance.

An Ambitious House Production

Theater Eisleben – a fixture in the cultural life of the Mansfeld-Südharz district for decades – is banking on an ambitious house production with the Münchhausen musical. The composer, lyricist, director, and choreographer are all from within the company or the regional area. The premiere is deliberately being held in Sangerhausen because the Rose Arena offers better open-air acoustics and seating capacity than the theater hall in Eisleben.

Rosarium and Musical Experience

Visitors attending the musical can perfectly combine their day: explore the Europa-Rosarium in the morning and afternoon. With its rose pyramids, water features, and thematically arranged rose gardens, it is one of the most beautiful places for a stroll in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The performance begins at 7:30 PM – after sunset in May/June, the roses will glow, the stage will be illuminated, and the musical can begin.