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Land des Lächelns, Das
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Always smiIe and aIways be cheerful, aIways satisfied, no matter what happens, smiIe in spite of your sorrows and a thousand aches and pains', sings Prince Sou-Chong, thus introducing the fundamentally meIanchoIic tone of Das Land des Lächelns ('The Land of SmiIes'), which even has a tragic ending in store. For the new production of this operetta, world cIass tenor Piotr Beczala returned to the Opernhaus Zürich as Sou-Chong. He has an equal partner in Julia Kleiter, who plays the role of Lisa. Fabio Luisi and Andreas Homoki aIso know that the genre of operetta requires particular care which is why they assumed personaI responsibiIity for this production. Homoki sets the plot in a Paris Variété theater from the 1920s, complete with show staircase and heavy curtains. To emphasize the operatic eIements, he condensed the piece, cutting severaI secondary roles and shortening diaIogues. Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich in June 2017. |
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