We have created a lovingly designed booklet with the story of the play for you, so that you and your children can get in the mood for a visit to the opera. This booklet is available free of charge at the Zurich Opera House ticket office. You can view it online here .
You can download the free audio book here as an mp3 file. Hanna Scheuring read Peter Lund's audio book version.
Have fun listening!
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King Hildebrand goes to war. Before he leaves, he gives his three daughters Mab, Dot and Flora, who are dreaming of a prince charming, important instructions: they should not kiss frogs, beware of gingerbread houses and never play with spindles. Under no circumstances should they open the door to a forbidden room! Now it comes as it has to come: The door exerts an irresistible attraction on the princesses, and so Mab, Dot and Flora discover the book of destiny in the forbidden room, in which their future is written: Mab and Dot will soon be hot marry the longed-for prince - but a pig is planned for Flora's husband! While the horrified Flora still hopes that everything is just a mistake, the father comes back from the war - with him the king of the west and the king of the east - a bridegroom each for Mab and Dot. Flora fears the worst - and indeed, an unpleasant smell spreads through the palace and suddenly a pig appears and asks his bride to come with her! Now that the Book of Destiny has been opened, there is no going back. It soon turns out that the pig is an enchanted prince; But that's just where Flora's problems begin... Courageously, she takes her destiny into her own hands and embarks on a long journey to the ends of the earth and beyond to save her prince. and suddenly a pig stands there and asks his bride to come along! Now that the Book of Destiny has been opened, there is no going back. It soon turns out that the pig is an enchanted prince; But that's just where Flora's problems begin... Courageously, she takes her destiny into her own hands and embarks on a long journey to the ends of the earth and beyond to save her prince. and suddenly a pig stands there and asks his bride to come along! Now that the Book of Destiny has been opened, there is no going back. It soon turns out that the pig is an enchanted prince; But that's just where Flora's problems begin... Courageously, she takes her destiny into her own hands and embarks on a long journey to the ends of the earth and beyond to save her prince.
With this musical fairy tale from 2006, the British composer Jonathan Dove has created a fast-paced, funny and at the same time profound piece that has delighted many young and old audiences in England and the USA. The enchanted pig can now be seen in German for the first time in Peter Lund's funny translation.
