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One of the highlights of Frankfurt in the summer is open-air opera in the beautiful setting of the Palmengarten, put on by an off-beat low-budget private opera company called the Kammeroper (Chamber Opera).

They specialize in comic operas, for instance in the summer of 2004 they did Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and in 2005 they are doing Rossini's Barber of Seville.

The Kammeroper has been going strong for over twenty years on incredibly little money but lots of enthusiasm and hard work. The founder and head of the Kammeroper, Rainer Pudenz, is also the stage director, and he has a bawdy sense of humor that keeps people coming back year after year to see what he'll think up next.

One unusual thing about the Kammeroper is that they do all their operas in German translation, not in the original Italian. So if you aren't a German speaker you won't always understand what everybody is laughing about, but you can still enjoy the music and the singing and the acting and the great atmosphere.

You can buy food and drinks there, but they don't mind if you bring your own. Some people bring picnic baskets and champagne or Sekt, which is the more economical German version.

By all means bring a warm jacket or sweater if you go to any open-air performance in this part of the world. Even if the day was hot, it can cool off quickly an hour or two after sunset, and that's just when the second half of the opera is going to be playing.

Address: Palmengartenstr. 1 / Siesmayerstr. 61
Directions: If your bicycle has a flat tire or something you could always take the subway U6 or U7 to Westend.
Or take the bus number 36, 50 or 75 to Palmengarten or Palmengartenstr..
Phone: %s4(0 69) 13 40 400 for tickets
Website: http://www.kammeroper-frankfurt.de

• Updated Mar 23, 2006
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