Organization

Soprano (+3)

Bettina Pierags

La Duchesse

Soprano (+1)

Bénédicte Hilbert

Wanda

Basse (+4)

Klaus-Uwe Rein

Boum

Baryton (+4)

Norbert Zilz

Le Baron Puck

Ténor (+4)

Tobias Amadeus Schöner

Prince Paul

Mise en scène

Mise en scène (+3)

Hinrich Horstkotte

Direction d'orchestre

Fabrice Parmentier

Dramaturge

Mise en scène (+2)

Marco Misgaiski

Direction de choeur

Jan Rozehnal

Décors

Ténor

Francisco Huerta

Le Soldat Fritz

Gijs Nijkamp

Népomuck

Baryton (+3)

Michael Rapke

Le baron Grog

Krak

Baryton-basse (+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 (La Grande-Duchesse), Offenbach

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