Rousing parties, champagne-sparkling melodies and lively dialog - this evening will sweep you off your feet!

An ambitious local politician is persuaded by an oligarch to help his city - and perhaps himself - achieve new greatness by building a spaceport. Gabriel von Eisenstein actually has other problems: He is due to start a prison sentence tomorrow for disorderly conduct. But why face reality? Eisenstein prefers to follow the advice of his friend Dr. Falke to have a good time before starting his prison sentence - and thus falls into the net of an intrigue in which many an honorable personality has to lose his good reputation.

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