A Night in Venice

Jul 15, 1999

2h 6m

★ 6.0

Overview

Johan Strauss Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883) together with Die Fledermaus and Die Zigeunerbaron, has long been among the three most popular of the more than a dozen operettas composed by the 19th c. Waltz King. This Rudolf Bibl conducted performance was recorded live during the Seefestspiele Moerbisch Austria Festival in 1999 and features Marc Clear, Gideon Singer, Evelyn Schörkhuber , Ingrid Habermann, and Anton Steingruber.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Seefestspiele Mörbisch

A Night in Venice Trailers

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Cast

Herzog

Marc Clear

Delacqua

Gideon Singer

Barbara, seine Frau

Evelyn Schörkhuber

Barbaruccio, Senator

Anton Steingruber

Agricola, seine Frau

Mirjana Irosch

Testaccio, Senator

Wilhelm Gartner

Annina, Fischerin

Ingrid Habermann

Caramello, Barbier

Christian Baumgärtel

Pappacoda, Makkaronihoch

Markus Heinrich

Ciboletta, Barbaras Zofe

Christine Bath

Musikalische Leitung

Rudolf Bibl

Inszenierung

Helmuth Lohner

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