Opéra-bouffe in three Acts

Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Music: Jacques Offenbach

Conductor: Andreas Schüller
Director: Valentin Schwarz
Costumes: Otto Krause
Stage: Andrea Cozzi
Choreography: Radek Stopka
Dramaturgy: Heiko Cullmann, Kathrin Kondaurow

Cast:
BRIGANDS
Ernesto Falsacappa, he brigand chief: Hauke Möller, Alexander Günther
Fiorella, his daughter: Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Annika Gerhards, Catalina Bertucci
Pietro Pomponazzi, the brigand lieutenant: Andreas Sauerzapf
Fragoletto, abandoned cowboy girl: Laila Salome Fischer, Anna Werle

THREE BRIGAND LIEUTENANTS
Willy Barbavano: Gerd Wiemer
Joe Carmagnola: Timo Schabel
Jack Domino: Nikolaus Nitzsche
Falsacappa's Assistant: Jesko Zagatowski
Band of brigands: Chorus of the Dresden State Operetta

FOUR FARMERS' WOMEN, WITHOUT ANY FUN IN THEIR LIFE SO FAR
Fiametta: Antje Ligeti, Maria Möller
Zerlina: Ella Rombouts, Katja Rosenberg
Bianca: Karolina Piontek
Ci-Ci: Annegret Reißmann

SPANISH
The Princess of Granada: Ingeborg Schöpf
Adolf von Valladolid de los Santos de la Paella de Jésus, Bocca di Bacco, Page of the princess: Dietrich Seydlitz
Ladies and gentlemen of minor interest: Chorus of the Dresden State Operetta

PAGES OF THE MANTUAN COURT
Prince, Duke of Mantua: Marcus Günzel
Antonio Rüdiger, Minister of Finance to the Duke of Mantua: Tom Pauls
Camp, the Baron of Torquato Tasso: Elmar Andree
Horst Bramarbasso, Police chief: Gero Wendorff
Two pages: Marlen Bieber, Lisa Müller
The Duchess: Jolana Slavíková
Marquess: Inka Lange
Ladies and children of the court: Girls choir
Captain Lischke: Markus Liske
Policemen: Ballet of the Dresden State Operetta

FOLK
Pipo, a landlord: Markus Liske
Pipa, wife of Pipo: Inka Lange
Pipetta, daughter of Pipo: Jolana Slavíková

Dresden State Operetta Orchestra

Premiere @ Staatsoperette Dresden, 28. February 2020

Photo: Pawel Sosnowski 2020