Organization

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Oleg Ptashnikov

Conductor (+1)

Andreas Partilla

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Josef Ernst Köpplinger

Choreographer

Choreographer (+2)

Karl Alfred Schreiner

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Rainer Sinell

Costume designer

Marie-Luise Walek

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+2)

Michael Alexander Rinz

Soprano

Julia Sturzlbaum

Eliza Doolittle

Nadine Zeintl

Baritone (+3)

Michael Dangl

Henry Higgins

Baritone (+5)

Erwin Windegger

Colonel Hugh Pickering

Actor (+7)

Robert Meyer

Alfred P. Doolittle

Daniel Gutmann

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Soprano (+2)

Gisela Ehrensperger

Mrs. Higgins

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Dagmar Hellberg

Mrs. Pearce

Tenor (+5)

Peter Neustifter

Harry

Tenor (+4)

Christian Schleinzer

Jamie

Ulrike Dostal

Mrs. Eynsford-​Hill

Frank Berg

Lord Boxington

First Cockney

Frances Lucey

Lady Boxington

Baritone (+2)

Gunnar Frietsch

Second Cockney

Singer

Martin Emmerling

Bartender

Florine Schnitzel

Maid

Lighting designer

Michael Heidinger

Butler

Spoken

Evita Komp

Mezzo-soprano

Lilly Rottensteiner

Soprano (+3)

Dieter Fernengel

Charles, chauffeur/neighbor/cop

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Chorus

Chorus of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Orchestra

Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz

Ballet

Ballet of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Gärtnerplatztheater

What defines people? Their origin or their language? Phonetics professor Henry Higgins is deeply convinced that it is the latter. When he continues his dialect studies once again outside Covent Garden Opera, he meets the flower girl Eliza Doolittle, a most interesting example who speaks terrible cockney slang – and his ambition flares up! Higgins bets his colleague, Colonel Pickering, that he can turn the scruffy street brat into a fine lady in just six months. The poor but bright Eliza is fascinated by this offer and agrees to the language training. After a few initial difficulties, the experiment seems likely to succeed – if only love had not entered the game…

Is there anyone who is not familiar with such famous hits as »The rain in Spain«, »Wouldn't it be lovely?«, or »I'm getting married in the morning«?! »My Fair Lady« is probably the byword for the »classic« musical, and is undoubtedly one of the most frequently performed musicals of all time. Its success was a major factor in achieving the breakthrough of the musical as an art form in Germany. And yet it had been an uphill climb to get there: Bernard Shaw was unwilling to release his comedy »Pygmalion« to be set to music anywhere during his lifetime. Only tough negotiations with his heirs finally brought success. The curtain rose on »My Fair Lady« for the first time in the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway on March 15 1956. This was followed by 2,716 performances in this theatre alone. For the Gärtnerplatztheater, Artistic Director Josef E. Köpplinger is now restaging the classic with Michael Dangl as Professor Higgins, Nadine Zeintl as Eliza Doolittle, Friedrich von Thun as Colonel Pickering, Robert Meyer as Alfred P. Doolittle and Cornelia Froboess as Mrs Higgins – and in a Bavarian version for the first time in this theatre!

My Fair Lady

Munich

Germany

Staged

Music-theatre

MY FAIR LADY, Musicalgaertnerplatztheater.de/ladyPremiere am 13.02.2018, GärtnerplatztheaterNach Bernard Shaws »Pygmalion« und dem Film von Gabriel Pascal / ...