Name: Axel an der Himmelstür
Start: 2016-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wiener Staatsoper

Organization

Conductor

Lorenz C Aichner

Stage director

Peter Lund

Singer

Contralto

Bettina Mönch

Gloria Mills

Tenor

Andreas Bieber

Axel Swift

Soprano

Johanna Arrouas

Jessie Leyland

Boris Eder

Theodor Herlinger

Bass

Kurt Schreibmayer

Cecil McScott

Gerhard Ernst

Kriminalinspektor Morton

Video designer

Andreas Ivancsics

Volksoper Wien

Orchestra

Orchester der Volksoper Wien

Axel an der Himmelstür

Vienna

Austria

Ralph Benatzky's operetta premiered in 1936 at the Theater an der Wien and made the young Zarah Leander a star overnight. With the atypical contra-alto of the diva, the location Hollywood and with hits like "Gebunde Hände" there was a fresh wind in the genre of the operetta. In the successful revival at the Volksoper, Bettina Mönch can now be seen as the capricious Hollywood diva Gloria Mills and Andreas Bieber as the gossip reporter Axel. Benatzky's music sounds in new arrangements by Kai Tietje, director Peter Lund enriched the entire production in black and white with funny cartoons by Andreas Ivancics and staged a brilliant stage show.

Production booklet

Further reading