Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein

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Thu, 26/01 Premiere
07.30 pm-09.55 pm

one interval after 85 minutes

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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Music by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
German by Ernst Poettgen, eingerichtet von Josef E. Köpplinger
Additional texts by Thomas Pigor

Premiered January 26, 2023


In German with German and English surtitles

Age recommendation: 12 years and over

Uniformis amor, or an especially acute predilection for uniforms and their content. When a reigning head of state is consumed by it, things can get rather tricky rather quickly! In next to no time a private first class becomes a commanding general, court hangers-on become jittery about their influence, and wars are waged on a whim. But woe betide when the object of the state leader’s desire follows entirely different plans ...!

No less than a brightly coloured satire on militarism, favouritism, particularism and provincialism took Jacques Offenbach to the highpoint of his career with the operetta, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, which he presented in 1867 as his “cultural contribution”, as it were, to the Paris World Exhibition. Based on a fictitious grand duchy, with his librettists he created a dazzling stage piece, including some of his most beautiful melodies, which today is even more topical than ever with the current warmongering and abuse of power. Following its celebrated 2020 premiere at Dresden’s Semperoper, Josef E. Köpplinger’s trenchant staging can now be enjoyed in Munich!

Cast on 26/01/2023

Conductor Michael Balke
Choreography and co-direction Adam Cooper
Lighting Ralf Reitmaier, Josef E. Köpplinger
Dramaturgy Kai Weßler, Michael Alexander Rinz

Großherzogin von Gerolstein Juan Carlos Falcón
Prinz Paul Daniel Prohaska
General Bumm Alexander Grassauer
Baron Puck Gunnar Frietsch
Baron Grog Alexander Franzen
Erusine von Nepomukka Sigrid Hauser
Fremdenführerin Ulrike Dostal
Soldat Wenzel Peter Neustifter
Soldat Ladislaus Luca Giaccio
Soldat Rudi Giovanni Corrado
Soldat Georg Mikaël Champs
Soldat Heinz-Karl Hikaru Osakabe
Soldat Balthasar Matthew Jared Perko
Soldat Rüdiger Willer Gonçalves Rocha

Choir and Ballet of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Thu, 26/01 Premiere
07.30 pm-09.55 pm

one interval after 85 minutes

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Performances

Fri
07.30 pm
Season premiere
Sat
07.30 pm
Sat
07.30 pm
U30
Sun
06.00 pm
Fri
07.30 pm
Sat
07.30 pm
Fri 24/05/24 07.30 pm Season premiere
Sat 01/06/24 07.30 pm
Sat 08/06/24 07.30 pm U30
Sun 16/06/24 06.00 pm
Fri 21/06/24 07.30 pm
Sat 22/06/24 07.30 pm

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