MARTHA

Martha

Introduction
Sun, 13/01
06.00 pm-08.40 pm

one interval after 80 minutes

Subscription Series 71
Romantic comic opera

MARTHA oder »Der Markt zu Richmond«

Music by Friedrich von Flotow
Book by Wilhelm Friedrich

Premiered July 6, 1997


In German with German surtitles

Age recommendation: 13 years and above

When Lady Harriet Durham, a maid-of-honour to the English Queen, is dreadfully bored again, she comes up with a brilliant idea: Together with her confidante Nancy, she disguises herself as the peasant girl »Martha« and also makes sure that she is hired at Richmond market by the rich tenant farmer Plumkett and his foster-brother Lyonel. Naturally, the noble ladies turn out to be not good at all at housework – but on the other hand, they're pretty adept at other things…

Loriot's legendary staging (first developed in 1986 at the State Theatre, Stuttgart) does not try to brush away the sensitive passages in Flotow's musically sophisticated light opera, which was premiered extremely successfully in Vienna in 1847. In the precisely detailed interpretation that is typical of Loriot, he not only makes the plot, which is in danger of becoming sentimental, bearable through adding a touch of enchanting irony but also, through his artistic skill, creates a delicate framework of staging and costumes.

Cast on 13/01/2019

Regie Loriot
Bühne / Kostüme Loriot
Choreinstudierung Felix Meybier

Lady Harriet Durham, maid-of-honour to the English Queen Jennifer O’Loughlin
Nancy, her confidante Anna-Katharina Tonauer
Lord Tristan Mickleford, her cousin Martin Hausberg
Plumkett, a tenant Christoph Seidl
Judge of Richmond Marcus Wandl
Servant of Lord Mickleford Christian Schwabe

Choir and extra choir of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Sun, 13/01
06.00 pm-08.40 pm

one interval after 80 minutes

Subscription Series 71

LORIOTS LETZTE ROSE

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MARTHA © Christian POGO Zach
MARTHA © Christian POGO Zach
MARTHA © Christian POGO Zach
MARTHA © Christian POGO Zach
MARTHA © Christian POGO Zach