Louise Labé - 460. anniversary of death
#Metropolpoesie 2026
Dalbergsaal im Dalberghaus, N3, 4, Mannheim
Born 500 years ago in Lyon, Louise Labé (1524-1566) is today considered one of the most important French poets not only of her time, inspiring admiration among fellow poets such as Rainer Maria Rilke, but also repeatedly inspiring composers to set her verses to music. Particularly impressive are the six sonnet settings by Viktor Ullmann (*1898, +Auschwitz 1944), written in 1941 shortly before his deportation to Theresienstadt. On the 500th anniversary of her birth, Ralph Dutli reads poems by Louise Labé, Clément Marot, and Pierre de Ronsard, in his own translations and those of Rainer Maria Rilke and Paul Zech, alternating with settings by the composer Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944), who was murdered in Auschwitz, and Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).
Admission: €15, reduced €12 for IF language course participants, members of the Mannheim City Library Support Association, and members of the Klangforum Heidelberg, €8 for students.
An event in cooperation with the Institut Français Mannheim and the Klangforum Heidelberg as part of #metropolpoesie.
Organized by the Institut Français Mannheim.
Clémence Boullu | soprano
J. Marc Reichow | piano
Ralph Dutli | recitations.
Registration: manon.hopf@mannheim.de