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Štefan Šafárik

Count Ferdinand Lichtenfels

Ján Haruštiak

Soprano

Katarína Procházková

Lisa

Eva Melichaříková

Tenor

Anton Baculík

Count Gustav von Potterstein

Csaba Kotlár

Juraj Kašša

An old lady at Lichtenfels

Dušan Šimo

Prince Sou-Chong

Martin Gyimesi

Conductor

Ján Procházka

Stage director

Jana Andělová Pletichová

Set designer

David Bazika

Costume designer

Tomáš Kypta

Concert master

Oldrich Husak

Chorus master

Iveta Popovičová

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Ján Ševčík

Darina Benčová

Lore

Oľga Bezačinská

Ivana Kurtulíková

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Das Land des Lächelns -  (The Land of Smiles)

Banská Bystrica

Slovakia

Štátna Opera

Das Land des Lächelns Lehár

Public

The Land of Smiles

Approved

A recording of Franz Lehár's romantic operetta - Land of Smiles about a burning love affair in different cultural environments. COUNT LICHTENFELS: Ján Haruštiak LIZA: Katarína Procházková GUSTÁV: Csaba Kotlár SLUHA: Juraj Kašša PRINC SOU CHONG: Dušan Šimo PRINCESS I: Oľga Bezačinská KNIEŽA ČANG: Igor Lacko TOP EUNUCH: Radoslav Kuric Orchestra LORA: Music production: Ján Procházka Conductor: Ján Procházka Director: Jana Andělová Pletichová Costumes: Tomáš Kypta Stage design: David Bazika Choirmaster: Iveta Popovičová Choreography: Ján Ševčík

The operetta Land of Smiles belongs to the golden fund of its genre. Its qualities are much higher than was common at the time of its creation - in this sense, the author Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) set the bar really high, already in previous decades. The composer tried to elevate the operetta towards serious art without slipping into revival, cheap effect or gimmick.

The operetta Land of Smiles (premiere in 1929) in the form most often presented today is a reworked version of the older work Yellow Jacket. Only changes in libretto and musical form ensured the operetta's immortality. More than one expert has said that it meets several opera criteria. At the same time, however, it does not lack the ingredients that the operetta is supposed to have: attractive melodies, dance rhythms, exotics, virtuoso vocal and instrumental parts, but especially the story of a burning love affair in different cultural environments.

English

The Land of Smiles by Lehár, From (2016/2017), Directed by Jana Andělová Pletichová,, Conductor Ján Procházka, Štátna Opera, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

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