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The Duchess of Chicago

Belarus State Academic Musical Theater, Minsk, Belarus
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Important Info
Type: Operetta
City: Minsk, Belarus
Starts at: 18:00

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Overview

Die Herzogin von Chicago (The Duchess of Chicago) is an operetta in two acts, a prologue, and an epilogue. The music was composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán with a libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien on April 5, 1928, and played for 372 performances. The work was presented in out-of-town tryouts in Newark, New Jersey and Springfield, Massachusetts by the Shuberts in 1929, but it did not make it to Broadway. The piece was forgotten until 1997, when the Lubo Opera Company performed it in concert in New York, after which Light Opera Works of Illinois performed the work in 1998 in a fully staged version with a new translation by Philip Kraus and Gregory Opelka. In 1999, Richard Bonynge made a recording of the work, which revived international interest in it.

The operetta mingles jazz elements and other contemporary dance music with musical elements traditionally associated with Viennese waltz-opera and anticipates such works as White Horse Inn and Paul Abraham's Victoria and Her Hussar. The score also incorporates traditions from Kálmán's native Hungary. The libretto has a relatively modern satirical edge and draws on the political Kabarett that was a feature of radical Vienna, Berlin and Munich at the time. The piece directly addresses the impact of America and its social revolution, with its commentary on current affairs as seen in the jazz scene in Chicago. The piece reveals much about early 20th century European culture and European intellectual attitudes toward Americans, and American culture. The setting and score call for 1920s flapper costumes, jazz and the Charleston.

Venue Info

Belarus State Academic Musical Theater - Minsk
Location   44 Myasnikova str.

The Belarus State Academic Musical Theater was established in 1970, and opened its first theatrical season on January 17, 1971 with the play "The Lark Sings" by the Belarusian composer Yuri Semenyako. Until 2000, the collective was called the "State Theater of Musical Comedy of Belarus".

He opened his first theatrical season on January 17, 1971 with the play "The Lark Sings" by the Belarusian composer Yuri Semenyako. The creative fate of the theater was not easy. For the first decade of its existence, the collective, not having its own premises, was forced to wander around different stages of the city. In 1981, the theater finally got its own building at 44 Myasnikova Street, where on October 15 it opened its twelfth season with Johann Strauss's operetta The Bat.

During the existence of the theater, more than a hundred performances were staged on its stage, many of which were included in the golden fund of national culture, became significant events in the cultural life of the country.

On the stage of the Musical Theater, the right of the first staging of the works of Belarusian authors was granted: "Pavlinka", "The Week of Eternal Love", "Stepan the Great Pan" by Yuri Semenyako, "Nesterka" and "Judgment Hour" by Grigory Surus, "Denis Davydov" by Andrey Mdivani, "Millionaire" by Evgeny Glebov, "Spring Song" and "Adventures in the Alphabet Castle" by Viktor Voitik, "Julia" and a "Glass of Water" by Vladimir Kondrusevich.

In today's repertoire of the theater there are more than fifty performances of different genres. The playbill presents classical operetta, musical, musical comedy, comic opera, rock opera, ballet, performances for children, diverse concert programs.

People's Artists of Belarus Natalia Gayda, Ekaterina Fadeeva; Honored Artists of the Republic of Belarus Vasily Serdyukov, Veniamin Zakharov, Margarita Alexandrovich, Anton Zayanchkovsky, Lyudmila Stanevich, Viktor Tsirkunovich; Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Adam Murzich; Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Kuzmin; Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Mikhail Kovalchik; laureates of international and republican creative contests.

To date, the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater is one of the largest theatrical and entertainment institutions in Belarus. The theater has a high reputation among viewers and professional colleagues from different countries, is one of the most popular, beloved and visited theaters of the republic. During the year, the theater is visited by more than 250 thousand people, and creative projects that take place outdoors, touring performances and concerts can be seen by several thousand people at the same time.

Important Info
Type: Operetta
City: Minsk, Belarus
Starts at: 18:00
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