EMMERICH KÁLMÁN (1882–1953)
THE GAY HUSSARS
Feldmarschallleutnant von Lohonnay – Harald Pfeiffer
Treszka, seine Tochter – Marie Seidler
Baronin Riza von Marbach – Christiane Boesiger
Oberleutnant von Lörenthy, bei den Husaren –
Grga Peroš
Wallerstein, Reserve-Kadett-Feldwebel –
Tomi Wendt
Marosi, Freiwilliger bei den Husaren –
Clemens Kerschbaumer
Kurt, Gutsverwalter – Rainer Hustedt
Bence, Großknecht – Rainer Domke
Chor und Extrachor des Stadttheaters Gießen
Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen
Musikalische Leitung: Michael Hofstetter
It is said about the Hungarian mentality that they
dance and cry at the same time and celebrate
when they have problems. Of course, this is a
cliché, but hits the nail on the head in the context
of the fin de siècle and the operetta itself. Kálmán
confronts Viennese Classicism with the rather rustic
czárdás. This way, he gave new inspiration to
the genre. Moreover, the Hungarian soul is evoked
by sentimentality and melancholic dreaminess.
Michael
Hofstetter, who brings the almost forgotten
operetta to a new, livelier life, acts as the trustee
of these magnificent qualities.