Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+5)

Peter Lund

Set designer

Costume designer (+1)

Ulrike Reinhard

Lighting designer

Video

Video (+2)

Andreas Ivancsics

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Dorothee Harpain

Marlene Hahn

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+2)

Bernhard Schneider

Tenor (+3)

Alexander Kaimbacher

Fritz

Soprano (+3)

Sieglinde Feldhofer

Wanda

Martin Fournier

Le prince Paul

Baritone (+6)

Ivan Orescanin

La baron Puck

Actor

Daniel Doujenis

Offenbach

Costume designer

Daria Kornysheva

Choreographer

Choreographer (+2)

Sascha Pieper

Oper Graz

Helmut Weidinger

Chorus

Chorus of the Oper Graz

Orchestra

Grazer Philharmoniker

Opernhaus Graz

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Anna Brull

The Grand Duchess

Conductor

Marius Burkert

Baritone (+2)

Neven Crnić

General Boum

Baritone (+4)

Markus Butter

Henri Meilhac

Bass (+5)

Wilfried Zelinka

Conductor (+2)

Stefan Birnhuber

Dariusz Perczak

Mareike Jankowski

Sparkling melodies, wit, esprit, bite, erotic allusions and a lot of Parisian charm meet in the "Grand Duchess of Gerolstein" and take us into the world of Offenbach and his muse Hortense Schneider, who embodied, formed and shaped the great parts of his operettas like no other inspired. The boundaries between the operetta stage and Parisian life blur every day: what the diva wears on stage today will be bought in the boutique tomorrow! Her private love life fills the gossip columns of the newspapers, and when the diva quite naturally held court at the Paris World Exhibition of 1867 in the costume of the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, Europe's potentates paid homage to her in gala uniform. As Offenbach's librettist Henri Meilhac puts it, her smile leaves “everything open if it means 'yes'; and even if it sounds like 'no', it gives hope.” Jacques Offenbach once again memorialized her with the “Grand Duchess of Gerolstein” and summoned everything: idiosyncratic Gerolstein monarch with last-minute panic, amateurish murder plot, incompetent army of soldiers with numerous, colorful medals , male sword discussions and again and again in different pitches shimmering diva fits. Peter Lund, who has already staged “The Circus Princess” and “Martha” successfully at the Graz Opera, resurrects the world of Offenbach, his Hortense and that of Gerolstein in a new and brilliant way. incompetent army of soldiers with numerous, colorful medals, male sword discussions and again and again in different pitches dazzling diva fits. Peter Lund, who has already staged “The Circus Princess” and “Martha” successfully at the Graz Opera, resurrects the world of Offenbach, his Hortense and that of Gerolstein in a new and brilliant way. incompetent army of soldiers with numerous, colorful medals, male sword discussions and again and again in different pitches dazzling diva fits. Peter Lund, who has already staged “The Circus Princess” and “Martha” successfully at the Graz Opera, resurrects the world of Offenbach, his Hortense and that of Gerolstein in a new and brilliant way.

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