Organization

Sopraan (+3)

Bettina Pierags

La Grande-Duchesse

Sopraan (+1)

Bénédicte Hilbert

Wanda

Bas (+4)

Klaus-Uwe Rein

Le général Boum

Bariton (+4)

Norbert Zilz

Le baron Puck

Tenor (+4)

Tobias Amadeus Schöner

Le prince Paul

Regisseur

Regisseur (+3)

Hinrich Horstkotte

Dirigent

Fabrice Parmentier

Dramaturg

Regisseur (+2)

Marco Misgaiski

Koor meester

Jan Rozehnal

Set designer

Tenor

Francisco Huerta

Fritz

Gijs Nijkamp

Népomuc

Bariton (+3)

Michael Rapke

Le baron Grog

Le soldat Krak

Bas-bariton (+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, Offenbach

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