Organization

Soprano (+3)

Bettina Pierags

Granduchessa di Gérolstein

Soprano (+1)

Bénédicte Hilbert

Wanda

Basso (+4)

Klaus-Uwe Rein

Il generale Boum

Baritono (+4)

Norbert Zilz

Il barone Puck

Tenore (+4)

Tobias Amadeus Schöner

Il principe Paul

Regia

Regia (+3)

Hinrich Horstkotte

Direttore d'orchestra

Fabrice Parmentier

Drammaturgo

Regia (+2)

Marco Misgaiski

Direzione del coro

Jan Rozehnal

Scenografia

Tenore

Francisco Huerta

Fritz

Gijs Nijkamp

Nepomuc

Baritono (+3)

Michael Rapke

Il barone Grog

Il soldato Krak

Basso-baritono (+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 granduchessa di Gérolstein), Offenbach

Cast