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On the eve of World War II, Europe gave a triumphant reception to this joyfully apocalyptic music, a “musical comedy” with a libretto by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner-Beda.
A singer and dancer at the Alcazar cabaret, this beautiful and mysterious heroine is the Marlene Dietrich of opera - as seen in the movies “Morocco” and “The Blue Angel”. With “Giuditta” - the swan song of the composer and indeed of an entire era - Viennese operetta draws closer to opera, and Lehár to Puccini. Giuditta resembles Tosca in the depth of her passion, or Carmen in her demand for freedom. The South of France, a cruise ship voyage, Morocco: the various settings of the action enable Lehár to give free rein to the many charms of his art, ranging from Viennese waltzes to light, appealing melodies, lush orchestration tinged with exoticism, along with the sensual lyricism of the grand arias. A world away from boring clichés and brimming with contrasts, the music and story culminate in a surprising bittersweet ending.
Conductor: Thomas Rösner.
Director, Set Design, Costumes: Pierre-André Weitz.
