DER GRAF VON LUXEMBURG

The carnival is in full swing in Paris, and two new arrivals are also in high spirits: the maid Angèle wants to make it big as a variety star on the Champs Élysées. René, valet to the Countess of Luxembourg, pretends to be a count in order to make a quick buck. The painter Armand and his sweetheart decide to be poor but happy. René, on the other hand, allows himself to be hired by Angèle's "patron" Basil for a sham marriage with her in order to enhance her status with a title of nobility. Indulgent duets, heated arguments and a magical happy ending are inevitable!

"Is that you, laughing happiness?" Franz Lehár and his librettists posed this question to the grateful audience in 1909 and warned: "Dear friend, one does not reach for the stars ...". The composer, the new star in the operetta firmament since the global success of "The Merry Widow" a few years earlier, created a no less melodious and captivating masterpiece with his "Luxembourg". Now it is being revived at Gärtnerplatz in a lively version and production by Peter Lund.