--- title: "Musiksommer: Robert Menasse" url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-veranstaltung/detail/430288496/musiksommer-robert-menasse.html" description: "reads from \"The Capital\"In his major European novel \"The Capital,\" the award-winning writer Robert Menasse draws a wide arc between times, nations, the inevitable, and the irony of fate, between petty bureaucracy and great emotions.Reading, Autumn Reading 2026Robert Menasse: RecitationEntry: € 26.00Tickets available at the Bad Schallerbach Tourist Office 07249/420710, tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at or available through Ö-Ticket.http://www.musiksommerbadschallerbach.at/ Robert MenasseRobert Menasse was born in 1954 in Vienna and grew up there as well. He studied German Studies, Philosophy, and Political Science in Vienna, Salzburg, and Messina, earning his doctorate in 1980 with a thesis on the \"Type of the Outsider in the Literary World.\" Menasse then taught for six years – first as a lecturer in Austrian literature, then as a guest lecturer at the Institute for Literary Theory – at the University of São Paulo. There he mostly held courses on philosophical and aesthetic theories. Since returning from Brazil in 1988, Robert Menasse has lived primarily in Vienna as a writer and cultural-critical essayist.The CapitalFenia Xenopoulou, an official at the General Directorate for Culture of the European Commission, faces a challenging task. She is to polish the Commission's image. But how? She commissions the assistant Martin Susman to develop an idea. The idea takes shape – the shape of a ghost from history that causes unrest in the EU institutions. David de Vriend is fading in a nursing home opposite the Brussels cemetery, facing his death. As a child, he jumped from a deportation train that took his parents to their deaths. Now he is to testify to what he is about to forget. Commissioner Brunfaut also faces a difficult task. For political reasons, he must let a murder case rest – \"file it away\" would be too much said, as the files are untraceable.“A magnificent […] love letter to Europe and at the same time a brilliantly researched inside view of the workings of the European Commission.” — Der TagesspiegelGeneral Info* The box office opens 90 minutes before the event starts.* Entry begins about 45 minutes before the start.* NEW: Numbered seat reservations via oeticketTicket SalesPlease note that reserved tickets must be paid for!oeticket: www.oeticket.com Outlets: tobacco shops, ticket offices, tourist information centers, MediaMarkts, etc.Bookings through the music summer website are processed with oeticket: www.musiksommerbadschallerbach.at Tourism Association QuellenviertelTourist Office Bad Schallerbachtickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at Promenade 2, 4701 Bad Schallerbach+43 7249 420 710Opening HoursMonday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.(excluding holidays)DiscountsHalf-Price PassEspecially for regular audiences from the region, valid all year round. For only € 35.00, you can purchase your personal Half-Price Pass for 2026, which is valid for many events! Exceptions are events with agency involvement as well as concerts that would otherwise not be economically viable. OÖN-Card 15% discountOÖ Senior Citizens' Association and OÖ Pensioners' Association€ 2.00 discount on many events.Guest Card50% discount in advance sale only with personal registration at the Bad Schallerbach Tourist Office.Ö1 Club 10% discountAdditional 50% discount for children, teenagers, students, and people with disabilities.For students of the Oö. State Music School under 18, the flat rate of € 5.00 applies when mentioning the music school and teacher." image: "https://www.upperaustria.com/fileadmin/user_upload/upperaustria/Logo_upperuastria_RGB_300x300px_Websites.png" date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Musiksommer: Robert Menasse Musiksommer: Robert Menasse ============================= 15.10.2026 / 19:00 Bad Schallerbach, Atrium Europasaal Bad Schallerbach Vorträge, Lesung ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/352458/FB89BCA597955AFF5FE647B0856E6E9ECC8FE3F91A81B3A68EFF60D838921886/robert-menasse.jpg) © Open copyright © Rafaela-Pröll Suhrkamp Verlag Close copyright [ ![A man with glasses and a slight mustache is smiling warmly at the camera. 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He studied German Studies, Philosophy, and Political Science in Vienna, Salzburg, and Messina, earning his doctorate in 1980 with a thesis on the "Type of the Outsider in the Literary World." Menasse then taught for six years – first as a lecturer in Austrian literature, then as a guest lecturer at the Institute for Literary Theory – at the University of São Paulo. There he mostly held courses on philosophical and aesthetic theories. Since returning from Brazil in 1988, Robert Menasse has lived primarily in Vienna as a writer and cultural-critical essayist. **The Capital** Fenia Xenopoulou, an official at the General Directorate for Culture of the European Commission, faces a challenging task. She is to polish the Commission's image. But how? She commissions the assistant Martin Susman to develop an idea. The idea takes shape – the shape of a ghost from history that causes unrest in the EU institutions. David de Vriend is fading in a nursing home opposite the Brussels cemetery, facing his death. As a child, he jumped from a deportation train that took his parents to their deaths. Now he is to testify to what he is about to forget. Commissioner Brunfaut also faces a difficult task. For political reasons, he must let a murder case rest – "file it away" would be too much said, as the files are untraceable. *“A magnificent \[…\] love letter to Europe and at the same time a brilliantly researched inside view of the workings of the European Commission.” — Der Tagesspiegel* **General Info** \* The box office opens 90 minutes before the event starts. \* Entry begins about 45 minutes before the start. \* NEW: Numbered seat reservations via oeticket **Ticket Sales** Please note that reserved tickets must be paid for! **oeticket: www.oeticket.com** Outlets: tobacco shops, ticket offices, tourist information centers, MediaMarkts, etc. Bookings through the music summer website are processed with oeticket: www.musiksommerbadschallerbach.at **Tourism Association Quellenviertel** **Tourist Office Bad Schallerbach** **tickets@musiksommerbadschallerbach.at** Promenade 2, 4701 Bad Schallerbach +43 7249 420 710 **Opening Hours** Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (excluding holidays) **Discounts** **Half-Price Pass** Especially for regular audiences from the region, valid all year round. For only € 35.00, you can purchase your personal Half-Price Pass for 2026, which is valid for many events! Exceptions are events with agency involvement as well as concerts that would otherwise not be economically viable. **OÖN-Card** 15% discount **OÖ Senior Citizens' Association and OÖ Pensioners' Association** € 2.00 discount on many events. **Guest Card** 50% discount in advance sale only with personal registration at the Bad Schallerbach Tourist Office. **Ö1 Club** 10% discount **Additional** 50% discount for children, teenagers, students, and people with disabilities. For students of the Oö. State Music School under 18, the flat rate of € 5.00 applies when mentioning the music school and teacher. 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