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Hans Gál

Die heilige Ente – Gekürzte Bearbeitung für Kammerorchester von Rainer Schottstädt (2003)

A play with gods and men.
Opera in a prelude and three acts
Libretto by Leo Feld and Karl M. von Levetzow

Oper
Premiere 14.12.2024
Location BlackBox Musiktheater
 - Dauer 1 Std. 00 min. (keine Pause) -

Unfortunately, this production is no longer on the schedule

Information

The composer Hans Gál, born in Lower Austria in 1890, experienced his breakthrough in 1923 with the premiere of his satirical fairytale opera Die heilige Ente. This work became a real hit on the theater stages at the time. However, due to his Jewish descent, Gál's glittering career came to an abrupt end after the National Socialists came to power, forcing him to emigrate to England.

The Linz Landestheater would like to commemorate this long-forgotten composer by bringing The Holy Duck back to the Austrian stage. The plot plunges into the distant world of a fairytale China, where the gods cause confusion among the people out of sheer boredom. The pivotal points of the story are a lively quacking duck that suddenly goes missing, the power of love, the power of opium and some pretty crazy gods.


13+

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Cast

Der Mandarin
Martin Achrainer
Li, seine Gemahlin
Saskia Maas
Der Kuli Yang
Martin Enger Holm
Die Tänzerin
Xiaofang Zhao
Der Gaukler
Christoph Gerhardus
Der Bonze
Felix Lodel
Die Haushofmeisterin
Génesis Beatriz López Da Silva
Der Gott über dem Wasserbecken
Alexandre Bianque
Der Gott an der Türe
Chanyang Kwon
Der Gott über dem erhöhten Sitz
Gregorio Changhyun Yun

Statisterie des Landestheaters Linz
Bruckner Orchester Linz