A traveling journeyman, through his flute playing and with the help of a musical mechanism built by Master Florian, prevents a rather decadent princess from being lynched by her own people.

The Music Box and the Princess

Halle Opera House

Opera Café

The celebrated star singer Sylva Varescu and the construction magnate's son Edwin are a couple who shouldn't be together. Their class prejudices, societal expectations, and fear of scandal are too great. But amidst grand staircases, waltzes, and champagne-fueled revelry, a dance on the edge of a volcano begins: full of joie de vivre, contradictions, and melancholy.

The Csárdás Princess

Six young people eke out a living with precarious work: Poet Rodolfo works at a newspaper and dreams of his breakthrough as a playwright. Marcello paints advertisements on walls. Philosopher Colline lives off private lessons. Musician Schaunard tinkers his way through bars. Mimì embroiders flowers on jewelry ribbons. Musetta keeps wealthy lovers.

La bohème

Orpheus and Eurydice agree: their marriage is over. While he is only interested in his music, she seeks adventure – and promptly ends up in the arms of Pluto, the god of the underworld. He seizes the opportunity and whisks her away to the realm of the dead.

Gerd Vogel

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Apr 1 - May 24, 2026

The Music Box and the Princess · Staatskapelle Halle

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The Music Box and the Princess · Staatskapelle Halle

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The Csárdás Princess · Staatskapelle Halle

Future and recently performed repertoire

Jupiter/Zeus in Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach

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Benoit / Alcindoro in La bohème by Puccini

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Feri in The Csárdás Princess by Kalmán

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The Second Man | First and Seventh Citizens in Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin by Schreker

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