Der reichste Mann der Welt (Benatzky) Annaberg 2022 László Varga, Bettina Grothkopf, Christian Wincierz
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Der reichste Mann der Welt
- Composer: Benatzky Ralph
- Libretto: Hans Müller Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
- Recorded: 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: László Varga, Bettina Grothkopf, Christian Wincierz, Madelaine Vogt, Leander de Marel, Judith Christ-Küchenmeister, Jason-Nandor Tomory, Richard Glöckner, Marvin George, Nadine Dobbriner, Stephanie Ritter
- Conductor: Jens Georg Bachmann, Karl Friedrich Winter
- Orchestra: Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue
- Chorus: Opernchor des Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theaters
- Chorus Master: Jens Olaf Buhrow
- Choreographer: Leszek Kuligowski
- Stage Director: Christian von Götz
- Stage Designer: Christian von Götz
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: AMAZON
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
“A piece with music in five scenes” is how Hans Müller and Ralph Benatzky modestly called their last joint project. The premiere on April 4, 1936 in Vienna was a roaring success, and the reviews were raving. Nevertheless, the work by a Jewish librettist was withdrawn from the repertoire a few weeks after the premiere – and has never been seen on a theater stage again to this day. Hans Müller and Ralph Benatzky survived the period of Nazi rule in exile, but their works fell into oblivion, with the exception of the operetta “Im Weißen Rössl”, including “The Richest Man in the World”. But now the musical comedy, which is brimming with puns, situational comedy and musical ideas, is being performed again in Annaberg-Buchholz for the first time since 1936 – in the hope of winning it back for the theater repertoire.