Organization

Singer

Baritone

Josef Forstner

Baron Mietek Oginsky

Soprano

Katharina Melnikova

Jadja

Sieglinde Feldhofer

Markus Butter

Graf Staschek Zagorsky

Mathias Hausmann

Tenor

Szabolcs Brickner

Graf Boleslav Zagorksy

Mezzo-soprano

Mareike Jankowski

Suza

Andrea Witte

Ivan Orescanin

Casimir von Kawietzky

Roman Straka

Bass

David McShane

Mazurkiewitsch

Helmut Höllriegl

Sergius Korrosoff

Aleksandra Todorović

Stasi

Martin Simonovski

Stani

Neven Crnić

Daniel Doujenis

Watzek

Conductor

Marius Burkert

Marcus Merkel

Stage director

Sebastian Ritschel

Set designer

Martin Miotk

Costume designer

Andy Besuch

Lighting designer

Sebastian Alphons

Chorus master

Georgi Mladenov

Dramaturge

Ronny Scholz

Marlene Hahn

Oper Graz

Others

Chor der Oper Graz

Orchestra

Grazer Philharmoniker

German

Polnische Hochzeit

Graz

Austria

Opernhaus Graz

Studiobühne

Preceded by introduction and interviews conducted by Barbara Rett.

A disguised freedom fighter, his uncle with a questionable Bluebeard complex, who is already planning his sixth wedding with a naturally (!) younger woman, a highly creative, strong-willed neighbor, also known and feared as the "wildcat", and meet a party-​loving company in this witty, cheeky operetta of Joseph Beer's trials and tribulations to celebrate the wedding of the year, maybe of the century: the silver is cleaned, the wardrobe is dusted, the feast of vanities and delicacies can begin! Joseph Beer's music dances between operetta and musical, between jazz, klezmer and waltz - highest drama paired with touching sentimentality when it says: "Heart to heart, hand in hand, the world becomes a fairyland". The acclaimed premiere took place in Zurich in 1937, from where the operetta began its triumphal march over around forty stages. The meteoric rise of the compositional prodigy came to an end when Austria joined Nazi Germany in 1938 and Beer had to flee to France. The planned Austrian premiere with Richard Tauber in Vienna was prevented by the National Socialists and Joseph Beer fell into oblivion. In a production by Sebastian Ritschel, this firework of operetta will make the Graz opera stage sparkle for the first time. The planned Austrian premiere with Richard Tauber in Vienna was prevented by the National Socialists and Joseph Beer fell into oblivion. In a production by Sebastian Ritschel, this firework of operetta will make the Graz opera stage sparkle for the first time. The planned Austrian premiere with Richard Tauber in Vienna was prevented by the National Socialists and Joseph Beer fell into oblivion. In a production by Sebastian Ritschel, this firework of operetta will make the Graz opera stage sparkle for the first time.

Polnische Hochzeit Beer

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading