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Ball im Savoy: Komische Oper Berlin

About the Event

The Komische Oper Berlin brings Paul Abraham's fast‐paced comedy, Ball im Savoy, back to the stage.

After 80 years, one of the Weimar era’s most spectacular jazz operettas returns to the place of its origin: inaugurally performed in Berlin in 1932 (with the orchestra of the Metropol Theatre), this masterpiece from the pen of the Jewish Hungarian composer Paul Abraham reflects the hedonistic atmosphere of his era. An appealing blend of Berlin jazz, Hungarian gypsy music, Viennese melodies and Yiddish klezmer, Ball at the Savoy tells a crazy story about a newly‐married couple whose loyalty is put to the test.

In German, with German, English, French, and Turkish subtitles.

Cast / Production

Director: Adam Benzwi
Director: Barrie Kosky
Stage design and light: Klaus Grünberg
Costumes: Esther Bialas
Choreography: Otto Pichler
Dramaturgy: Pavel B. Jiracek
Choir: David Cavelius

Marquis Aristide de Faublas: Christoph Späth
Madeleine de Faublas: Dagmar Manzel
Mustapha Bey: Helmut Baumann
Daisy Darlington: Katharine Mehrling
Tangolita: Agnes Zwierko
Archibald: Peter Renz
Bébé: Christiane Oertel
Célestin Formant: Theo Rüster
Pomerol: Peter Renz
Monsieur Albert: Frank Baer
René: Matthias Spenke
Pierre: Peter Renz
Savoy Boys: Lindenquintett Berlin

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