Customers must exchange their voucher on the day of the performance between 6pm an 8pm in "Ristorante IPPOPOTAMO", Piazza Bra Nr. 26 (first floor) in Verona.
Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. It was left unfinished by Puccini at his death, and completed by Franco Alfano. The first performance, at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, on 25 April 1926, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, included only Puccini's music and not Alfano's additions. Later performances were of the completed score.
Turandot is a Persian word and name meaning "the daughter of Turan", Turan being the region of Central Asia which used to be a part of Persian Empire.
It is an oriental fairytale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and of course powerful, triumphant love. Besides its great tenor aria Nessun dorma, the music ranges from the exotic and portentous as the moon rises at the start, through the grandeur and mysticism of Turandots riddles, to the tragic beauty of the servant girl Lis appeals to and final sacrifice for her beloved master, Prince Calaf.
Performance Info
26th June 2009 @ 9.15pm
10th, 17th & 29th July 2009 @ 9.15pm
4th August 2009 @ 9pm
Customers must exchange their voucher on the day of the performance between 6pm an 8pm in "Ristorante IPPOPOTAMO", Piazza Bra Nr. 26 (first floor) in Verona.
The Csardasfrstin ", 1915 in the First World War, is as peppy as involved love story between the Prince Edwin and celebrated chansonette Sylva varescu.
Because it is a operetta, despite everything patentanwlte differences a happy end to expect, and until it is the audience to immortal tunes like "without women, the chose not" and "make WIRs the petrels.
Budapest and Vienna shortly before the out break of the First World War. At a Budapest music hall the young Count Edwin falls in love with the famous cafe singer Syiva Varoscu but a relationship is unthinkable for reasons of social position until it is discovered that Edwin's own marriage and Edwins father must drop his objection to their Union. Arguably Kaimans most successful work. Sung in German with English surtitles.
Performance Info
22nd & 23rd November 2008 @ 7pm
2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th December @ 7pm
Customers must exchange their voucher at the box office at least 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Bajor - Oszvald - Verebes! What more could you ask for?! These three are the rock solid guarantee of marvellous theatrical entertainment for all.
Being one of the most successful Hungarian operettas, Mike the Magnate is time and again played both in music and drama theatres. Its popularity is partly due to the satirical and amusing story, and partly to the superb evergreen songs written by Albert Szirmai and Andor Gbor. Who knows a woman's heart", I wish to be happy" and What a nasty world" have certainly become operetta hits.
The operetta was originally written for Mrton Rtkai and Sri Fedk, a legendary Hungarian duo of stage artists. Therefore, theatres should only come out with a new production if the roles of Miska and Marcsa are played by absolute celebrities. It is perhaps the only operetta that has a comical character in the leading role. Miska, a quick-witted stable-boy with a heavy non-U accent, turns into a sophisticated aristocrat in a matter of minutes. His hefty partner, Marcsa becomes a Frenchy" dame, who is introduced to the upper-class world as Countess Mary.
All this happens because the standoffish family would not allow Baracs, a farm bailiff to marry their daughter Countess Rolla. Thank goodness that a kleptomaniac grandmother, not caring about such prejudices, takes side with the young couple, and the story unfolds into a merry finale.
Performance Info
10th & 11th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 3 hours with 1 interval.
Customers must exchange their voucher at the box office at least 30 minutes prior to the performance.
What does one need for an operetta apart from great melodies, an exciting story and loads of love? If there is a piece of Franz Lehr's on the programme, all of the above are granted. Especially with The Merry Widow, many of whose world-famous songs frame this painfully beautiful love story.
Hanna Glavari, a wealthy widowmeets her old flame, Danilo Danilovich after many years. They both have changed and she is now suspicious and tough, while he has become cynical and a partygoer. Failures of the past and insults in the present stop these two people meant for each to find their way to each other. Theirs is a story which takes long to be born and re-born and in whose background a small Southern-European country's politicians are struggling for their own and their homeland's survival in the times of economical crisis.
The Merry Widow's music and story are filled with passion suppressed, then exploding. This might be the reason why it has such an elementary effect on players and spectators alike.
The operetta was first presented in Vienna in 1905 and in Budapest in 1906- both times with great success. Then it started to conquer the world and it continues to be played everywhere on operetta and opera stages alike. They say there is no evening without The Merry Widow somewhere on programme...
After a few years interval The Merry Widow is presented again in Budapest in a new production with a new cast and ever soyoung. Give her a hearty welcome.
Performance Info
25th January 2009 @ 7pm
26th January 2009 @ 5pm
Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes with 1 interval.
Customers must exchange their voucher at the box office at least 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss (18251899)
Eisenstein, who should in fact report for a prison term, allows Dr. Falke to persuade him to go to a ball beforehand. His wife Rosalinde tearfully bids him farewell, but secretly looks forward to meeting her lover Alfred. And her maid Adele is also able to have the evening off, which she spends at the same ball as Eisenstein.
When the prison director comes to Rosalinde to collect her husband, she is forced to have Alfred arrested as her husband. Informed by Falke, she then goes to the ball, masked, at which her husband is amusing himself with Adele. Eisenstein immediately attempts to seduce the beautiful stranger, and Rosalinde succeeds in gaining possession of his watch. The next morning, there is a surprising encounter for all in prison.
Performance Info
6th, 7th & 9th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 3 hours 30 minutes with 2 intervals
Customers must exchange their voucher at the box office at least 30 minutes prior to the performance.
