Organization

Singer

Tenor

Bernhard Brechtold

Wenzel Strapinski

Spoken

Nicolaus Hagg

Sein Meister

Alexander Pinderak

1. Schneidergeselle

Bass

Michael Havlicek

2. Schneidergeselle

Markus Marquardt

Der Amtsrat

Soprano

Kristiane Kaiser

Nettchen

Baritone

Martin Winkler

Melchior Böhni

Andreas Mitschke

Adam Litumlei

David Sitka

Polykarpus Federspiel

Carsten Süss

Sohn Häberlein

Elvira Soukop

Frau Häberlein

Günter Haumer

Sohn Pütschli

Morten Frank Larsen

Der Kutscher

Yasushi Hirano

Der Wirt

Renate Pitscheider

Die Wirtin

Christian Drescher

Der Kellner

Elisabeth Schwarz

Der Kellnerjunge

Conductor

Alfred Eschwé

Volksoper Wien

German

Kleider machen Leute -  (Clothes Make the Man)

Vienna

Austria

Volksoper

Kleider machen Leute Zemlinsky

Public

Clothes Make the Man

Approved

Alexander Zemlinsky's opera "Clothes Make the Man" already bears the "moral of her story" in the title. Based on the novellas "The People of Seldwyla" by Gottfried Keller, it tells the story of the tailor Wenzel Strapinski, who comes to the Swiss town of Goldach as a stranger and is mistaken for a Polish count because of his noble appearance. Of course, the "beautiful appearance" throws the entire village community into confusion ... Until in the end, true love emerges as the victor over noblesse and possessions.

The composer Alexander Zemlinksy worked in the years 1904-1910 as music director and first conductor at the Kaiserjubiläums-Stadttheater, which later became the Volksoper. On October 2, 1910, "Clothes Make People" was premiered at our house under the direction of the composer.

On the occasion of the 150th birthday and to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Alexander Zemlinsky's death in the 2021/22 season, the work returns to the Volksoper's program in a concert performance..

English

Clothes Make the Man by Von Zemlinsky, From (2022/2022), Conductor Alfred Eschwé, Volksoper, Vienna, Austria

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