Wiener Blut

Operetta in three acts (1899)
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
Music by Johann Strauss
Compiled, edited and completed by Adolf Müller Jr.

Strauss’ much-loved operetta Wiener Blut is a posthumous compilation by Adolf Müller Jr. based on the eponymous waltz (1873) and other works. The marriage between comtesse Gabriele and stiff-necked German count Balduin is a disaster. Gabriele flees to her native Vienna, where Balduin later arrives as an envoy. In no time flat, the inimitable flair of the city transforms him into a swashbuckling ladies’ man and all turns out well with Gabriele. Nikolaus Habjan’s racy production plays the outrageous plot for all it’s worth.

Program and cast

Contributors

Music Direction: Hannah Eisendle

Staging: Nikolaus Habjan

Set Design: Heike Vollmer

Costume Design: Denise Heschl

Choreography: Steffi Wieser

Lighting Design: Paul Grilj

Count ZedlauMartin Mitterrutzner

Countess Zedlau: Nikola Hillebrand

Franziska Cagliari: Anett Fritsch

Pepi: Sophie Mitterhuber

Josef: Boris Eder

Prince of Ypsheim-Gindelbach: Alexander Strömer

Kagler: Robert Reinagl

Orchestra: Wiener KammerOrchester

Chor: Wiener Kammerchor

Choir Director: Michael Grohotolsky