Arizona Lady, concert version: Komische Oper Berlin

About the Event

Hungary in the Wild West! Katharine Mehrling as the resolute rancher with Hungarian roots in Emmerich Kálmán‘s Western operetta – premiered posthumously and performed here in Berlin for the very first time!

The heroine of the piece, as referred to in the title, is … a horse! Arizona Lady is a filly, as temperamental and stubborn as her owner Lona Farrell, who runs her late father’s ranch with an iron hand. Woe betide the cowboy who attempts to embark upon a romance with Lona …

Operetta in two acts (1954). Text by Alfred Grunwald and Gustave Beer. Arranged by Norbert Biermann.

Crew

Kai Tietje, musical direction
David Cavelius, choir

Cast

Lona Farrell: Katharine Mehrling
Roy Dexter: N. N.
Nelly Nettleton: Mirka Wagner
Bonita: Stefan Sevenich