After eighty-nine years, the revue operetta Ball im Savoy – the most famous work by the Hungarian composer Paul Abraham, the king of jazz operetta in the 1930s, has returned to the State Opera as part of the Musica non grata project! The music of Ball im Savoy, depicting a crazy story abounding in witty conspiracies, mistaken identities and amorous sparkle, blends jazz, czardas, tango, Viennese waltz, klezmer, as well as dance creations à la Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The performance is conducted by Jan Kučera and directed by Alfréd Radok Award winner Martin Čičvák. The choreography has been done by the tandem Laco Cmorej and Silvia Beláková and the costumes in the haute-couture style were designed for this production by the Greek-French designer Georges Vafias. In the leading roles can you see many well-known stars of the National Theater: Vanda Šípová, Doubravka Součková, Csaba Kotlár, Jiří Hájek, Linda Fernandez, Angela Nwagbo, Josef Moravec, Barbora Řeřichová, Lucie Hájková, Vladimír Kratina, Richard Haan and others. The work is presented in Czech with German and English subtitles.

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