with the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Every year around the holidays, the most beautiful Christmas carols are given a new lease of life. The artists' ensemble revives the wonderful works of well-known composers and shows that this music has lost none of its popularity, performing a selection of the best-known festive tunes in the course of the Wiener Operetten Weihnacht program. It contains, among other things well-known Viennese songs, duets and melodies, such as "Geschichten aus'm Wiener Wald", "Andachtsjodler", "Wiener Fiakerlied", "Es wird scho glei dumpa"but also titles such as "Ave Maria", "Oh du Fröhliche", "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" and many more."Wiener Blut", one of the most famous pieces by the composer Johann Strauss, will also be heard, as well as other composers from the Viennese era.
Mila Wilden (tenor), Ernst Dollwetzel (entertainer), Ursula Meistner (zither) and the well-known soprano Leanan de Montiel offer a successful mixture of classical music with a good dose of Viennese humor.
Schmäh', a successful mixture of classical and contemporary melodies, which are perfectly interpreted by their vocal volume. The first-class soloists are all celebrated artists at renowned opera houses.
The "METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA" provides the musical framework and masterfully proves that Viennese charm still unfolds its musical warmth, especially at Christmas time. As a very rare delicacy in today's orchestras, Ursula Meistner will make her zither resound.
A sextet of the best ballet dancers from the National Theater Prague under the direction of Daniela Pok will perform the most beautiful dance scenes from "The Nutcracker", "Swan Lake", "Hansel and Gretel" and "The Tales of Hoffmann", among others.Entertainer Ernst Dollwetzel gallantly and with a good dose of humor leads the audience through the program, reading and singing Christmas stories, and with their successful blend of virtuoso singing, graceful ballet and talent for humorous entertainment, the ensemble of artists effortlessly manages to elicit ovations. And it is precisely this mixture of Christmas and the classics from ballet and operetta that makes the Viennese Operetta Christmas so unique! When you think of Vienna, apple strudel, Sachertorte, Viennese sausages and Wiener Schnitzel spring to mind! We take you MUSICALLY to Christmas Vienna!
