Performer: Markus Meyer

An outstanding cast and Anthony Pilavachi's excellent production make a compelling case for Cinq-Mars at Oper Leipzig.

After twelve long years, Oscar Straus’ Ein Walzertraum has made it back to the Volksoper, the place where it belongs for its indestructible Viennese spirit and never-ending popularity, and where Robert Meyer, the house’s boss and director on this occasion, customarily ensures that the traditional operetta is sheltered from modernist conceptual stagings.

Wies'n Stimmung an der Volksoper: In der bunten und schrägen Neuinszenierung gefallen Sigrid Hauser als resche Rössl-Wirtin und Daniel Prohaska als verliebt-schmachtender Zahlkellner Leopold