JUPP SCHMITZ „IN CONCERT“
Ming herrlich Kölle: A tribute by and with Volker Hein, Johannes Fromm, and H.P. Katzenburg
The Senftöpfchen Theater in January 1991: the Cologne entertainer Jupp Schmitz gives his last concert here – just before his 90th birthday.
Now his unforgettable Krätzchen and his music return to this historic place: Jupp Schmitz. A boy from the Rhineland. A Cologne original. Trained concert pianist. Celebrated hit composer. Indestructible mood singer. A life for music, for the stage
and for “Ming herrlich Kölle”.
Johannes Fromm, Volker Hein, H.P. Katzenburg are musicians, actors, singers
and "customs experts". They have leafed through Jupp Schmitz's versatile song album and discovered some hits, some rarities (newly) as well.
And above all: genuine Cologne Krätzcher! Of course, you know “Es ist noch Suppe da!” or “Wer soll das bezahlen?”, surely also “Ich fahr mit meiner Lisa zum schiefen Turm nach Pisa” or “Es war im Zillertal ...” –
but do you know: “En minger Schwemmbotz sin de Motte ...” or “Uns Koh, die hät ene Ärm av ...”?
It is exactly these treasures that the revue “Jupp Schmitz in Concert” is dedicated to – alongside numerous others.
On his tombstone stands the immortal line “Am Aschermittwoch ist alles vorbei!” – but at the concert “Ming herrlich Kölle” everything starts all over again!
The ensemble:
Volker Hein, *1968
Actor, director, singer. Active in the Cologne “free” scene since 1989 (1988 - 1st engagement during acting training at the Volkstheater Millowitsch), 1995 to 2002 Artistic Director of the Horizont Theater, 2007 – 2015 teaching assignment at the Akademie för uns Kölsche Sproch: KölschAGs at Cologne primary schools. Since 2013 Qualified tour guide for KölnTourismus GmbH
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Since 2005 Krätzchen duo “herrschmitz” with Johannes Fromm
2009 – 2020 ensemble member of the Kammeroper Köln (including 10 years in the role of “Prof. Higgins” in “My Fair Lady”. Since 2011 “Die Willi Ostermann Story” with H.P. Katzenburg among others, numerous performances in the Cologne Senftöpfchen Theater as well as guest performances throughout the Rhineland. 2014 to 2017 “Die Willi Ostermann Revue” with H.P. Katzenburg and Johannes Fromm (as well as Anne Schröder) - Kleines Theater Bad Godesberg and Landestheater Rheinland-Pfalz
H.P. Katzenburg, *1962
Musician, director. Studied musicology at the University of Cologne, freelance musician and theater educator. Since 1989 literary-musical revues and theater productions with Volker Hein
Numerous concerts and tours nationally and internationally.
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Artistic director of “Theater KölnSüd”. Since 2011 “Die Willi Ostermann Story” with Volker Hein, among others, numerous performances in the Cologne Senftöpfchen Theater as well as guest performances throughout the Rhineland. 2014 to 2017 “Die Willi Ostermann Revue” with Volker Hein and Johannes Fromm (as well as Anne Schröder) - Kleines Theater Bad Godesberg and Landestheater Rheinland-Pfalz
Johannes Fromm, *1966
Musician, singer. Studied church music in Aachen, church musician, choir director, leading numerous musical projects.
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Since 2005 Krätzchen duo “herrschmitz” with Volker Hein. Since 2012 ensemble member of “Cäcilia Wolkenburg”,
playing community in the Cologne Men's Singing Association (Divertissementchen). 2014 to 2017
“Die Willi Ostermann Revue” with Volker Hein and H.P. Katzenburg (as well as Anne Schröder) - Kleines Theater Bad Godesberg and Landestheater Rheinland-Pfalz
Admission from 7:30 PM