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Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Sat 18.Jan 2025 19:00 replace me !Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Mon 20.Jan 2025 19:00 replace me !Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Wed 22.Jan 2025 19:00 replace me !Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Fri 24.Jan 2025 19:00 replace me !Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Sun 26.Jan 2025 15:00 replace me !Das Spitzentuch der Königin Theater an der Wien Tue 28.Jan 2025 19:00 replace me !Operetta in three acts
Libretto by Heinrich Bohrmann, Richard Genée, Julius Rosen and O. F. Berg
On the occasion of Johann Strauss' 200th birthday in 2025, his operetta The Queen's Lace Cloth will return to the stage for its premiere on January 18th. The Waltz King's seventh operetta in 1880 immediately became his greatest success to date, because it was obviously a parody of the rebellious Crown Prince Rudolf, whose liberal ideas caused problems for the Habsburg Monarchy. Portugal is under the thumb of an unscrupulous prime minister who wants to sell the country to the Spanish crown. And since the young king is as uninterested in politics as he is in his queen, but devotes himself exclusively to delicious truffle pies and extramarital adventures, Portugal's downfall is imminent. Luckily, the poet Cervantes, on the run from his captors, ends up in Lisbon, where he intervenes in state affairs with a lot of humor, saves the country and gets plenty of inspiration for his satirical novel Don Quixote. After Crown Prince Rudolf's scandalous suicide in Mayerling in 1889, the work suddenly disappeared from the schedules. However, Strauss adopted the main musical motif in his concert waltz Roses from the South, which is still very popular today. The Queen's lace scarf is a cornucopia of beautiful catchy tunes, and the fact that Strauss always had the whole of Portugal waltzing in it leaves no doubt as to which monarchy is being dragged through the cocoa here...
In German with German and English surtitles
Introduction to the work 30 minutes before the start of the performance
(Source: musikverein.at)
