Anne-Fleur Werner und George Humphreys
Anne-Fleur Werner und George Humphreys
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Thomas Wegscheider
Thomas Wegscheider
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Thomas Wegscheider
Thomas Wegscheider
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Julia Sturzlbaum und Thomas Wegscheider
Julia Sturzlbaum und Thomas Wegscheider
© Anna-Maria Löffelberger
Julia Sturzlbaum
Julia Sturzlbaum
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Ensemble
Ensemble
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Anne-Fleur Werner, Laura Incko und Per Bach Nissen
Anne-Fleur Werner, Laura Incko und Per Bach Nissen
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Alexander Hüttner, Thomas Wegscheider und Hazel McBain
Alexander Hüttner, Thomas Wegscheider und Hazel McBain
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Thomas Wegscheider und Hazel McBain
Thomas Wegscheider und Hazel McBain
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Anne-Fleur Werner, Laura Incko und Per Bach Nissen
Anne-Fleur Werner, Laura Incko und Per Bach Nissen
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Per Bach Nissen, George Humphreys, Anne-Fleur Wener, Hazel McBain und Alexander Hüttner
Per Bach Nissen, George Humphreys, Anne-Fleur Wener, Hazel McBain und Alexander Hüttner
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Per Bach Nissen, Anne-Fleur Werner, Hazel McBain, Alexander Hüttner und George Humphreys
Per Bach Nissen, Anne-Fleur Werner, Hazel McBain, Alexander Hüttner und George Humphreys
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Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
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Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
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Julia Sturzlbaum
Julia Sturzlbaum
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Laura Incko
Laura Incko
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Julia Sturzlbaum und Thomas Wegscheider
Julia Sturzlbaum und Thomas Wegscheider
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Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
Laura Incko und Thomas Wegscheider
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Laura Incko, Opernchor und Bethany Yeaman
Laura Incko, Opernchor und Bethany Yeaman
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Laura Incko, Opernchor, Thomas Wegscheider, Bethany Yeaman und George Humphreys
Laura Incko, Opernchor, Thomas Wegscheider, Bethany Yeaman und George Humphreys
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Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
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Thomas Wegscheider und Julia Sturzlbaum
Thomas Wegscheider und Julia Sturzlbaum
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Thomas Wegscheider und Julia Sturzlbaum
Thomas Wegscheider und Julia Sturzlbaum
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George Humphreys und Hazel McBain
George Humphreys und Hazel McBain
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George Humphreys
George Humphreys
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George Humphreys und Bethany Yeaman
George Humphreys und Bethany Yeaman
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Bethany Yeaman, Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
Bethany Yeaman, Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
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Anne-Fleur Werner und Alexander Hüttner
Anne-Fleur Werner und Alexander Hüttner
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Per Bach Nissen
Per Bach Nissen
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Alexander Hüttner, Hazel McBain und Per Bach Nissen
Alexander Hüttner, Hazel McBain und Per Bach Nissen
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Opernchor und Yevheniy Kapitula
Opernchor und Yevheniy Kapitula
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Bethany Yeaman, George Humphreys, Hazel McBain, Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
Bethany Yeaman, George Humphreys, Hazel McBain, Thomas Wegscheider und Laura Incko
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Ensemble
Ensemble
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Ensemble, Thomas Wegscheider und Kinderchor
Ensemble, Thomas Wegscheider und Kinderchor
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Laura Incko, Per Bach Nissen und Thomas Wegscheider
Laura Incko, Per Bach Nissen und Thomas Wegscheider
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Ensemble
Ensemble
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Ensemble
Ensemble
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The Emperor’s New Waltz

Alma Deutscher

An original work commissioned by the Salzburg State Theatre

Dialogue by Nina Schneider, Guy Deutscher, Alma Deutscher / Lyrics by Nina Schneider / In German with German and English surtitles

World premiere: 4 March 2023 / Salzburg State Theatre

Synopsis

Mozart versus modern beats, shrill dissonance versus harmonic beauty: Alma Deutscher's opera takes place in a world full of music. Inspired by the fairy tale “The Emperor's New Clothes”, it tells a story about pretence and truth and about the bonding power of music.

The gardener and the rich heiress: Jonas and Leonie could hardly be more different. No wonder they cannot stand each other. What unites them, however, is their shared dream of studying at the music academy. But Leonie's father, fashion mogul Rudolf Kaiser, thinks that her planned marriage to the renowned composer and rector Sir Anthony Swindelle will bring enough high culture into the family. Disguised as a boy, Leonie visits the university, where she unexpectedly meets Jonas. Together they discover that Swindelle is pursuing rather self-serving plans.

With director Christina Piegger and conductor Katharina Wincor, a young team presents the commissioned work by 17-year-old Alma Deutscher on the stage of the Salzburg State Theatre. “The Emperor’s New Waltz” represents a consistent further development in the composer’s musical style: Elements of contemporary music meet classical melodies in this opera.

Alma Deutscher (*2005) has received recognition from major artists including Anne-Sophie Mutter, Sir Simon Rattle and Zubin Mehta. 2021 marked the premiere of the Salzburg version of her opera “Cinderella” at the Salzburg State Theatre. As a pianist and violinist she is much sought after around the world and has for instance performed at the Wiener Musikverein and the Carnegie Hall in New York.

Christina Piegger has directed many plays in Salzburg, for both the drama and music theatre divisions. She also staged “Die Zauberflöte” at the Landestheater Niederbayern. Katharina Wincor, who has worked with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, will for the first time act as musical director at the Salzburg State Theatre.

Duration: 3 h 15 min / one break

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Audio introduction

von Thomas Rufin

Cast

Musical Director Katharina Wincor

Director Christina Piegger

Ausstattung Laura Malmberg
Paul Sturminger

Dramaturgie Thomas Rufin


Rudolf Kaiser Per Bach Nissen

Leonie Kaiser Julia Sturzlbaum
Laura Incko

Jonas Thomas Wegscheider

Dr. Theodora Meadows Anne-Fleur Werner

Prof. Sir Anthony Swindelle George Humphreys

Elisabeth Loos Bethany Yeaman

Peter Rottl Alexander Hüttner

Paula Malone Hazel McBain

Oberkellner im Restaurant „L’Octave“ Yevheniy Kapitula

Restaurantkritiker Philipp Schöllhorn

Gertrud, seine Frau Lalit Worathepnitinan

Moderatorin Mona Akinola
Kay Heles

Hausmädchen Tetiana Dyiu

Obergärtner Josef Rudolf Pscheidl

Gärtner Julian Manuel Millonigg
Helmut Bogengruber

Gärtner Jakob Diego da Cunha

Chor Chor des Salzburger Landestheaters

Kinderchor Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor

Orchestra Mozarteumorchester Salzburg