Offenbach's Les Brigands at the Schiller
Les Brigands
Jacques Offenbach
Concertante operetta
Everyone should steal according to their position in society: this is the quintessence of a work that’s lesser known in this country but all the more amusing for it, from the pen of Jacques Offenbach—who saw through people so well.
A band of robbers with a dysfunctional robber bride (who keeps falling for their good-looking prey), policemen who clack their boots so loudly that anyone can escape easily, and princes who are simply the more professional brigands: that’s the stuff of this robber yarn with plenty of musical wit and a big chorus. The piece was a huge success when it premiered in 1869, but the Franco-Prussian War caused its star to rapidly decline after 1870. A great injustice! Max Hopp takes up the challenge in this concert version, showing us that Offenbach is just as critical as Schiller—but much funnier!
Opéra bouffe in three acts [1869]
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck (OEK)
German text by Richard Genée
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck (OEK)
German text by Richard Genée
Concert version premiere on 17 December 2023
Recommended from grade 5
German
1hr 30min, no intermission
Musikalische Leitung
Szenische Einrichtung
Kostüme
Dramaturgie
Chöre
Licht
Falsacappa
Alexander Kaimbacher
Fiorella
Fragoletto
Baron von Campo-Tasso
Herzog von Mantua
Prinzessin von Granada
Hauptmann
Graf Gloria Cassis
Antonio
Adolpha von Valladolid
Hofmeister
Pietro
Friedemann Büttner
Carmagnola
Martin Fehr
Domino
Pedro Matos
Barbavano
Simon Wallfisch
Zerlina
Sarah Papadopoulou
Fiametta
Agnes Dasch
Bianca
Antje Bornemeier
Cicinella
Maria Schlestein
Pipo
Christoph Eder
Chor
Vocalconsort Berlin
Komparserie
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