The schoolmaster is promoting a school house, the farmers are instead for a cheese dairy.
Dehei
At home
Bethi and Sepp have bought Änneli and are taking her home.
We me Ammes Suhn isch
When you're Ammann's son
Felix introduces himself as the rooster in the basket in Vehfreude.
We das a troum isch 1
If this is a dream 1
Felix's friendliness made a big impression on Änneli.
Three dehydrated beans
Three dry beans
Eisi wants to pray Bethi dead.
Ha di yarn
I like you a lot
Änneli realizes that she loves Felix, but that this love is hopeless.
Üsi Aunt Dorothee
Our aunt Dorothee
Schnitzelbank at the village dance.
En-first step
A first step
Felix dances with Änneli.
J'ai chanté à l'Opéra
I sang at the opera
Adeline compares her past as an artist with her present life.
Ke Birebitz
Not at all
Felix vigorously denies his father that he is interested in Änneli or that he has romantic feelings for her.
Dä Chäs het z'weni holes
This cheese has too few holes
The cheese merchants are not enthusiastic about the quality of the Vehfreudiger cheese.
You rascal!
You scoundrel!
Felix argues with Eglihannes, who cheated on the villagers with the cheese merchants. In the fight that followed, Felix Änneli accidentally injured his head seriously.
I haven't gone
I didn't say it
Felix regrets not telling Änneli what he feels for her.
I gloub 'I han-ne Ängel gseh
I think I saw an angel
In a fever, Änneli sees Felix as an angel who leads her to heaven.
How much?
How much?
Because of Eisi's lavish use of products from the cheese dairy, Eisi and Peterli don't make any profit from the cheese sales.
I don't know, I would rather be
I don't know who I would rather be
Änneli and Felix confess their love.
Dräck on the stick
Dirt on the stick
Eisi tells lies about Änneli and Felix - Änneli is insulted by the women.
We das a troum isch 2
If this is a dream 2
After a few more entanglements, Pastor Bitzius mediates and it comes to a happy ending in the form of a love wedding.
Heidy Sutter, Cécile Gschwind, Claudia Kübler, Martina Stach, Franziska Lessing, Bea Rohner, Caroline Sommer, Angela Hunkeler, Anne Maria Schmid, Nico Gaik, Pascal Illi, Gianmarco Rostetter, Benjamin Fröhlich, Jochen Schaible, Rainer Siegenthaler, Alexander Belinkx, Michael Hartinger, Adrian Hochstrasser
Choir
Bruno Apolloni, Heinrich Bachmann, Sandra Bitterli, Brigitta Bösch, Salome Kürkler, Roland Fritsche, Rebecca Gfeller, Tatjana Guggisberg, Nicole Gut, Vanessa Hablützel, Katharina Josi, Ulrich Jutzi, Markus Kaufmann, Samuel Kobel, Therese Kropf, Sonja Lauener, Christine Lüthi - Laubscher, Bruno Meier, Jan Messerli, Theres Minder, Sergio Peronino, Sandra Reinhard-Moser, Klaus Ryser, Simon Sommer, Kurt Spöri, Christoph Stauffer, Andreas Steinmann, Claudia Udry, Christian Widmer, Raymond Wiedmer, Rosita Zwahlen
literature
Gerhard Schütz (Hrsg.): Gotthelf - The book about the musical. Weltbild, Olten 2011, ISBN 978-3-03812-419-1 .
