Market Screening ‘The Csárdás Princess’

Presented by ORF Enterprise

For the first time, ORF III is showing a live broadcast from the Vienna Volksoper, which celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2018. Peter Lund, among other things known for his award-winning "Axel an der Himmelstür", also performed at the Vienna Volksoper, will stage the operetta "Die Csárdásfürstin" by Emmerich Kálmán.
Sylvia Varescu is a celebrated stage star. The nobleman Edwin von und zu Lippert-Weylersheim is desperately in love with her, but a nobleman must not get involved with a chansonnière, even more so since Edwin's parents have already arranged an engagement with his cousin Stasi...

GENRE Operetta Recording LOCATION Volksoper Vienna STAGE DIRECTOR Peter Lund COMPOSER Emmerich Kálmán CONDUCTOR Alfred Eschwé CHOREOGRAPHER Andrea Heil COSTUMES Daria Kornysheva DRAMATURGY Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz LIBRETTO Leo Stein, Béla Jenbach SOLOISTS Robert Meyer, Elissa Huber, Sigrid Hauser, Lucian Krasznec, Jakob Semotan