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

The young widow Selma has sworn off men, and together with her friends, founded the “Lose the Man” club. But a prank turns into confusion: who's marrying whom? Who's the man - and who's the woman? This entertaining operetta is an unknown gem from the pen of the man who wrote “The Merry Widow” and “Land des Smiles”.

The Fool's Marriage

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

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?

Andreas Rainer

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Past events

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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Florimond Herve in Das Veilchen vom Montmartre by Kálmán

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