Cultured nonsense in the artists' house

Operetta is "willful idiocy of an educational effect" to Karl Kraus once said, mutatis mutandis. The crowd at the House of Artists at the premiere of two one-act operetta "The beautiful Galathée" and "Chief Evening Wind" of the Munich Chamber Opera had seen at least its fun and the little biting swipes quite correct.

At first glance, the operettas have little in common, although both are created in about the same time. "The beautiful Galathée" comes from the Austrian composer Franz von Suppe, and premiered in 1865 in Berlin. In it, a statue comes to life after its creator has fallen in love with her. However, it is a little nymphomaniac and nibbled assessed not only the sculpture, but also his servant and his patron. Disappointed, he wants her back transformation that it will also be granted promptly, and sold the ungrateful bitch to his patron. "Chief Evening Wind", composed by the French operetta specialists Jacques Offenbach was first performed in 1857 in his theater Bouffes. The chief of the Grand-Lulu is facing the serious problem of what he set before his guest of state chief Hasenzahn of the tribe of the father-Tutu, because, unfortunately, the pantry is empty, because he is lost for a long time no stranger to the island and people meat rare, unfortunately, is. Because it comes in handy but that a stranger is washed up by a storm. The chief's daughter falls in love with him and her father is already planning the menu. In the end, of course, everything goes well and a couple of beautiful songs to come here before, too.

Director Dominik Wilgenbus moved the first piece of the creative period in an artist's studio in Paris, the second play at the same time on the other hemisphere. He connected the two pieces in many different ways, so that their inner connection came out well. He has woven many little gags and carefully modernized. I particularly enjoyed the couplet about the Greeks in the first part. The costumes (Uschi Haug) were visionary, the sets (Peter Engel) for both parts of the same, a little elevated, sloping surface, which allowed good visibility. Can be connected to both of them saw clearly that even with few resources to stimulate the imagination of the viewer.

Vladimir Genin had the first piece as an arranger assumed the chief drew Alexander Krampe responsible. Both reactions have pleased me well. The Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera was re-amplified with the accordion, it's amazing that one hardly hears it, but it is still responsible for the rich sound.

Musically, it was really the very best. The management of the orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera was in the capable hands of Nabil Shehata and he brought both the waltz and sparkling couplets equally good effect. When the singers should be mentioned especially Pratscher Elizabeth, both their Galathée as well as the chief's daughter Atala were a musical and visual treat, Generic. But their male colleagues Mathias Frey, Georg and Maximilian Nowka leader shone in their various roles as well as the puppeteer Moritz Trauzettel.

An exhilarating evening with a slightly critical tone - this is the old lady operetta prepared for the future!