Die schöne Galathée

In the organizer's words:

After much applause in the summer, Munich's smallest opera house in the Pasinger Fabrik is reviving Die schöne Galathée. In winter, too, she is sure to cause quite a stir with her whims, drive her stage crew mad and bring tears of joy to the eyes of the audience.

Franz von Suppè's operetta Die schöne Galathée, which premiered in Berlin in 1865, was the German-language counterpart to Jacques Offenbach's Die schöne Helena, which had premiered in Paris just six months earlier in 1864. Both works are parodies of an antique theme. Although Suppè's work is less well-known, the music is no less catchy. The overture will certainly not only be familiar to fans of New Year's concerts... And the story of the sculptor Pygmalion, who chisels the perfect statue for himself, has it brought to life by the goddess of love and ultimately despairs at her demands, is highly amusing. It is also very topical, because can the perfect person really be created?

Marcus Everding and Andreas P. Heinzmann have created a perfect work for the diverse audience of Munich's smallest opera house with a completely new version of the text including humorous dialogues and an arrangement for eight-piece orchestra, enriched with suitable music by the composer and his contemporaries. Two acting roles complement the four singers. Claudia Weinhart sets the story in a studio loft with charming technical effects and closes the circle to the beautiful Helena with her costumes.

New version and production: Marcus Everding
Musical direction: Andreas P. Heinzmann
Arrangement: Andreas P. Heinzmann, Jörg-Oliver Werner
Stage and costumes: Claudia Weinhart

Recommended from 14 years, duration approx. 150 minutes incl. interval