Organization

Soprano (+3)

Bettina Pierags

The Grand Duchess

Soprano (+1)

Bénédicte Hilbert

Wanda

Bass (+4)

Klaus-Uwe Rein

General Boum

Baritone (+4)

Norbert Zilz

La baron Puck

Tenor (+4)

Tobias Amadeus Schöner

Le prince Paul

Stage director

Stage director (+3)

Hinrich Horstkotte

Conductor

Fabrice Parmentier

Dramaturge

Stage director (+2)

Marco Misgaiski

Chorusmaster

Jan Rozehnal

Set designer

Tenor

Francisco Huerta

Fritz

Gijs Nijkamp

Nepomouc

Baritone (+3)

Michael Rapke

Grog

Le soldat Krak

Bass-baritone (+4)

Samuel Berlad

Nordharzer Städtebundtheater Halberstadt-Quedlinburg

Orchestra

Harzer Sinfoniker

Großes Haus Quedlinburg

Chorus

Opernchor des Harztheaters

The regent of the fictitious dwarf state of Gerolstein is not that young anymore – she has been 36 for 20 years. Even if she has been very adept at closing her heart to courting any potential marriage candidate, she still has an almost lustful interest in Men, especially young men in smart uniforms, cannot be denied. Before he knows it, the simple soldier Fritz becomes the plaything of their whims. But as quickly as his rise to the rank of general, vain resentment overtakes him. Offenbach's cheeky satire on small states, militarism and worn-out court clergy is a capricious reckoning with the arbitrariness of the powerful against the powerless, which has lost none of its momentum and wit to this day.

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein), Offenbach

Cast