Name: Axel an der Himmelstür
Start: 2016-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wiener Staatsoper

Organization

Conductor

Lorenz C Aichner

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Peter Lund

Contralto

Soprano (+1)

Bettina Mönch

Gloria Mills

Tenor

Andreas Bieber

Axel Swift

Soprano

Johanna Arrouas

Jessie Leyland

Actor (+1)

Boris Eder

Theodor Herlinger

Bass

Kurt Schreibmayer

Cecil McScott

Singer

Singer (+1)

Gerhard Ernst

Kriminalinspektor Morton

Video

Video (+2)

Andreas Ivancsics

Volksoper Wien

Orchestra

Orchester der Volksoper Wien

Volksoper

Wiener Staatsoper

Axel an der Himmelstür

Vienna

Austria

Ralph Benatzky's operetta premiered in 1936 at the Theater an der Wien and made the young Zarah Leander a star overnight. With the atypical contra-alto of the diva, the location Hollywood and with hits like "Gebunde Hände" there was a fresh wind in the genre of the operetta. In the successful revival at the Volksoper, Bettina Mönch can now be seen as the capricious Hollywood diva Gloria Mills and Andreas Bieber as the gossip reporter Axel. Benatzky's music sounds in new arrangements by Kai Tietje, director Peter Lund enriched the entire production in black and white with funny cartoons by Andreas Ivancics and staged a brilliant stage show.

Axel an der Himmelstür Benatzky

Staged

Operetta

Approved

Fotografie