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Die stumme Serenade, Korngold
D: Michael Wallner
C: Paul Willot-FörsterJan-Michael Krüger
THE SILENT SERENADE – Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Amelie Müller as Silvia Lombardi, actress, mistress of the prime minister and object of the fashion designer's desires, not only looked dazzling in her elegant figure-hugging costumes (by Aleksandra Kica ), she also offered enchantingly beautiful singing with her soprano voice, which was confident in all registers to the floating top notes, and she truly had the charm, grace and charisma of a Neapolitan film diva. Her admirer, the tailor and fashion designer Andrea Coclé, was the likeable baritone Steffen Kubach , also great in his soulful arias and the duets with Silvia,visually quite the bon vivant with blond curls and initially in a midnight blue satin nightgown, later delicious to look at in his convict outfit - after his Mamma Agata at the beginning of the 2021/22 season, here is another game that seems tailor-made for him.

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