Operetta (play)

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Author Witold Gombrowicz in Vence

Operetta (Polish original title: Operetka ) is a play by the Polish author Witold Gombrowicz from 1966. The theme of the play is the contrast between social classes. The aristocracy or a “ruling group” are the poor people, “ lackeys ” and “rascals”. The wrapping of the nobility in their sumptuous costumes is called into question by protagonist Albertinchen, who demands an immediate, undisguised truth with her “cry for nudity”: “Albertinchen, a young girl, sets the desire for nudity - initially verbally - the disguise rage contrary to its environment, it irritates a world that can no longer imagine existence without 'fashion', without veiled costumes. "Although the title suggests otherwise, the piece does not contain any musical passages:" The Polish author Witold Gombrowicz saw the operetta as 'completely theatrical theater' and accordingly wrote a text in 1966 with lots of operetta ingredients that only lacked one thing: the music. "

The world premiere took place on November 17, 1969 at the Teatro Stabile, Aquila under the direction of Antonio Calenda . The German-language premiere in translation by Walter Tiel on March 6, 1971 in the Schauspielhaus Bochum (director: Jorge Lavelli ) was, in the opinion of a critic, "the most elaborate production that the Bochum City Theater has achieved in the last ten years: [...] Result: The 'operetta' in its 'sublime idiocy' became, Gombrowicz knew it, 'the perfect theater' ”The piece also inspired several composers to adapt operas, such as B. Opérette, composer: Oscar Strasnoy (world premiere: Grand Théâtre de Reims , 2002) and: Operetka , composer: Michał Dobrzyński (world premiere: Warschauer Kammerspiele, 2015).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Operetta. In: S. FISCHER Verlag. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ernst Wendt: Barons, Generals, Lakaien. In: THE TIME. March 12, 1971. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .
  3. ^ Frieder Reininghaus: Weird pick-me-up. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. March 7, 2009, accessed September 22, 2018 .
  4. ^ Gombrowicz in Europe. German-Polish attempts at a cultural location . In: Andreas Lawaty, Marek Zybura (Ed.): Publications of the Northeast Institute . No. 2 . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-447-05368-6 , pp. 399 .
  5. ↑ Ticking bomb . In: Der Spiegel . No. 11 , 1971 ( online ).