Die Perlen der Cleopatra
Operetta in 2 acts from 1923 by Oscar Strauss. Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald have laced their libretto for the Viennese-born Oscar Strauss – who also enjoys success in Berlin – with sharp wit and cheeky double entendres.
In the guise of light-hearted and frivolous entertainment, with music somewhere between cabaret, jazz, late romanticism and a dose of bliss courtesy of the Viennese waltz, The Pearls of Cleopatra is a witty satire on middle-class conservatism and a farsighted commentary on the then already impending political ills of the 1920s. More than 80 years after its sensational première with Berlin theatre legend Fritzi Massary in the title role, this work returns to the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin. The pyramids of Giza right by the River Spree!
Direction | Barrie Kosky
Choreography | Otto Pichler
Musical direction | Adam Benzwi
Costumes | Victoria Behr
Set | Rufus Didwiszus
Light design | Diego Leetz
Photography | Mathias Bock
Venue
Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany