Mörbisch Festival on the
Lake
“It is the unparalleled
setting directly on Lake
Neusiedl National Park”, say
some. “It is the classic
productions of traditional
operettas”, say others. But
what is it really that makes
the Mörbisch Festival on the
Lake so special? It is the
total experience … A visit
to the Mörbisch Festival on
the Lake is a feast for all
the senses!
The Festival’s 3,500m2 stage
blends harmoniously into
Burgenland’s Pannonian
landscape. The countryside
surrounding the typical
Burgenland wine village of
Mörbisch and the lake
setting create the perfect
atmosphere for the
cultivation of classic
Viennese operetta.
2010 will mark a
premiere at the Mörbisch
Festival on the Lake: its
first-ever staging of Franz
Lehár’s “Der Zarewitsch”
(The Tsarevich). Young,
fearful and shy Alexei has
been named successor to the
throne of Russia, the “Tsarevich”.
As he cannot bear having
women around him, his father,
the Grand Duke, decides to
prepare him for marriage by
providing him with a lover,
the dancer Sonja, dressed as
a page. Alexei, furious at
first to discover that his
father has deceived him by
sending him a girl, is
pacified by Sonja, who
suggests that they merely
pretend to be lovers.
Eventually, of course, they
actually do fall in love.
But since Sonja, as a
commoner, is not suitable
for marriage, she is banned
from the court, paving the
way for Alexei to wed a
princess. Instead, the
couple flees to Naples,
accompanied only by their
faithful servants Ivan and
Mascha.
Will the love between Alexei
and Sonja endure, or will
the Tsarevich’s sense of
duty prevail?
Find out from 15 July to
29 August 2010 at the
Mörbisch Festival on the
Lake.
Information & bookings:
Seefestspiele Mörbisch
A-7000 Eisenstadt,
Joseph-Haydn-Gasse 40/1
Tel. +43 (0)2682/662 10-0,
fax: ext. 14
tickets@seefestspiele-moerbisch.at
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