Men are crazy! While the violinist Orpheus immerses himself in his work and escapes into an affair to distract himself from his unfulfilled marriage to his wife Eurydice, the underworld god Pluto takes a liking to her and steals her into his realm – Orpheus is happy to be rid of her! Later, the guardian Styx and the chief god of Olympus, Jupiter, see their chance with Eurydice. And the women? Well, Jupiter’s wife Juno immediately blames her husband for everything, and Eurydice has fun elsewhere until she becomes the plaything of the suitors. At least public opinion is stepping up to the plate and putting the gentlemen in their place. But Eurydice is fed up anyway and would rather have a drink with the Bacchantes. Cheers!

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Orpheus in der Unterwelt

Musikalische Komödie

Having a charming, singing housekeeper save an operetta performance is in itself quite a fabulous theatrical highlight. And when the sidewalks of Montmartre respectively. the atelier of painting, composing and writing bohemians provides the tableau for amorous entanglements, and when the maître d' of the silver operetta era, Emmerich Kálmán, lends his work, premiered in 1930, the refined je ne sais quoi along with a fountain of catchy earworms, “Violet of Montmartre” has everything that is needed for a classy, ​​melancholic, upbeat operetta evening with a touch of signature Parisian perfume.

The Violet of Montmartre

Tevye the milkman is poor in terms of money, but rich in terms of women: five daughters! Three of them of marriageable age. But it soon becomes clear that the young women's dreams do not conform to either the plans of the matchmaker, Yente, or those of their father, who dreams so avidly of "If I were a rich man". In this cult musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1964 and won nine Tony Awards, riveting dance scenes and full-scale show numbers underscore moments of a father whose dreams and hopes resonate deeply.

Fiddler on the Roof

A Russian tsar, a small-town mayor, a shipyard worker, and three foreign diplomats meet in the time of Peter I. In the middle of it all, Marie fights with heart and mind for her groom. Like many of Lortzing's other operas, Zar und Zimmermann premiered in Leipzig. One of the Musikalische Komödie’s artistic goals is to cultivate Lortzing’s works, in order to keep the composer alive and well in the musical city of Leipzig.

Tsar and Carpenter

In order to protect herself from the onslaught of potential marriage candidates, beautiful Countess Mariza fakes an engagement with Zsupán, a landowner from Warasdin, magnanimously inviting all of local newspapers to their engagement party. But when Zsupán suddenly appears in the flesh before Mariza, the chaos is complete. With Gräfin Mariza, Kálmán managed to repeat the recipe for success he first used for Die Csárdásfürstin.

Countess Mariza

Every woman has a secret. But woe betide her if it suddenly turns up on her doorstep. Hanna and Rolf have been married for 40 years, have a daughter together and are celebrating their K-Day today. In other words, the day on which they f irst got to know each other. Because that is more unique. And it is on this day that someone is singing from afar for all to hear: »Ti amo«? It’s Matteo. And after all these years, he just can’'t get Hanna out of his mind. Recently divorced, he knocks on the door and says: »Hello again?« Will Hanna now leave Rolf, go to Venice with Matteo and celebrate the life she has always dreamed of ? Could this be the beginning of the rest of her life

Hello! Again?

At a train station, somewhere in Germany, businessman Max Habermann is waiting – handsome (he’s well aware of it), on the verge of a burn-out (he’s unaware of it yet), pompous and condescending to everyone else. Where on earth is the train that is supposed to take him to the airport? Main thing is to get far away fast! The business meeting is waiting. When the announcement is made that there will be no more trains for the time being due to an approaching storm, the likeable guy on the platform completely loses it ...

Delayed to Happiness - A Winter Revue

»Die Fledermaus« is considered the ultimate operetta, full of waltzes, polkas, who-with-whom, champagne, mistaken identity, masquerading and fraternization. How refreshing it is that Gabriel von Eisenstein, eager to have some quick fun with young ladies before he goes to prison, is repaid tit-for-tat by his wife Rosalinde: with her old vocal coach Alfred. Only a tenor could be so audacious! Adele, the maid, has high aspirations, but first she attends the ball as Miss Olga in the dress of her gracious lady. And this is how all the lovable characters, who are not too concerned with the truth, converge at the ball of Prince Orlofsky. He is young, rich, bored – such a retaliatory action by Dr. Falke is just what he needs. The latter has a score to settle with Eisenstein: "This is the way the bat takes revenge!" Orlofsky's ball becomes a stage. And in the end they all meet again in prison. Here Herr von Eisenstein learns who his close pal, the Chevalier Chagrin, really is and what the doppelganger in his dressing gown is all about. Eisenstein's acquittal is celebrated with champagne, because after all, he alone was to blame, was he not?

Ivo Kovrigar

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May 24 - Jun 28, 2025

Orpheus in der Unterwelt · Oper Leipzig

Apr 12 - May 2, 2025

The Violet of Montmartre · Oper Leipzig

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Henry Murger in Das Veilchen vom Montmartre by Kálmán

Oper Leipzig

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