Cornelius Obonya reads - Kultur.Sommer.Semmering

What's it about?

"We have a Lord God who will make us well, And if he doesn't, well, we'll just perish, But working and striving, You see! We're not keen on that in Vienna!" - Fritz Grünbaum The former Jedermann and crowd-puller Cornelius Obonya returns to Semmering with works by one of the most dazzling personalities of Viennese Modernism: Fritz Grünbaum. The extensive legacy of the brilliant Jewish cabaret artist and compère is permeated by sharp-tongued satire, charming social observations, and black-humored texts that made him a central figure of Viennese cabaret. Obonya acts as an unadulterated mouthpiece for the virtuoso stage artist, lending his voice to this literary chronicler of a time whose testimony, even in retrospect, is of shocking relevance, touching humanity, and biting wit.