Tobias Märksch / Rezensionen

Without ifs and buts: what's going on on stage is terrific! […] Olivia Delauré is the new Eliza from Dresden, Axel Köhler is Professor Higgins, plus a large ensemble with many roles, great dialogues for the main actors, musically a succession of long-running hits, almost everything to sing along to and clap along to, that’s where we are but again entirely in the Dresden State Operetta. Of course, a great merit of the choreographer Radek Stopka and the Ballet of the State Operetta in the dance and movement astonishingly successful interaction with the choir and the large ensemble. And the musical side of this performance is more than just a little piece of happiness with Christian Garbosnik conducting the orchestra of the state operetta and the choir in so many facets in the rehearsal by Thomas Runge. Garbosnik is a man of speed. It's unbelievable how he starts in the prelude, but then also finds his way to sensitive flattering melodies. The singers all find their individual tone of the genre, no falls into clichés, the musicality is of dance-like power.

"Child, you don't have to think so terribly much..." Eduard Künneke's "Vetter aus Dingsda" at the Dresden State Operetta oscillates between directorial ideal and reality. Conductor Johannes Pell and his orchestra delivered a spotless performance at the premiere of the operetta “Der Vetter aus Dingsda” by Eduard Künneke at the Dresden State Operetta. Sensitively and passionately, the ladies and gentlemen brought Künneke's sound worlds to life under his baton and enabled the audience to enjoy the stylistically diverse, humorous and compositionally imaginative score. Every single number, every stylistic element and all the breaks and contrasts in between were played perfectly on their own and ultimately led to an enchanting overall musical impression. Cary Gayler's dignified, fairytale-like and changeable stage design is also a big magic box [...] The employees from the painting room and workshops deserve great praise for the craftsmanship, Frank Baschek skillfully set everything in the light.