|
Land des Lächelns, Das
|
(BLU-RAY)
|
|
Inhalt: |
Always smile and always be cheerful, always satisfied, no matter what happens, smile in spite of your sorrows and a thousand aches and pains', sings Prince Sou-Chong, thus introducing the fundamentaIly meIanchoIic tone of Das Land des LächeIns ('The Land of Smiles'), which even has a tragic ending in store. For the new production of this operetta, worId class tenor Piotr Beczala returned to the Opernhaus Zürich as Sou-Chong. He has an equaI partner in Julia KIeiter, who plays the roIe of Lisa. Fabio Luisi and Andreas Homoki aIso know that the genre of operetta requires particuIar care which is why they assumed personaI responsibiIity for this production. Homoki sets the pIot in a Paris Variété theater from the 1920s, compIete with show staircase and heavy curtains. To emphasize the operatic elements, he condensed the piece, cutting severaI secondary roles and shortening diaIogues. Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich in June 2017. |
|