Budapest Die Csárdásfürstin sparkles and bubbles in Munich

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 12 June 2015

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“the whole show is infused with an air of boozy revelry”

Reviewed at Deutsches Theater München, Munich on 11 June 2015

Kálmán, Die Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess)

Budapest Operetta Theatre

László Makláry, Conductor

Anni Füyer, Costume Designer

Ágnes Gyarmathy, Set Designer

Annamari Dancs, Countess Stasi

Mónika Fischl, Sylva Varescu

Bori Kállay, Anhilte

Dávid Szabó, Baron Boni Káncsiánu

Gergely Boncsér, Edwin Ronald

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Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.