The Count of Luxembourg

Franz Lehár

The Count of Luxembourg
(Der Graf von Luxemburg)

An operetta in two acts
Librettists Alfred Willner, Robert Bodanzky
Translated by Ramutė Skučaitė

Director KĘSTUTIS S. JAKŠTAS
Music director and conductor VIRGILIJUS VISOCKIS
Set designer GINTARAS MAKAREVIČIUS
Costume and make-up designer KOTRYNA DAUJOTAITĖ
Choreographer  DAINIUS BERVINGIS
Choir master  RASA VAITKEVIČIŪTĖ
Light designer AUDRIUS JANKAUSKAS

Opening night on March 1st, 2024
Duration: 3 h

What is this operetta about?
Abot how a right chosen marriage helps to become noble.
About how the same marriage helps a noble spendthrift make a fortune.
About how a cleverly conceived marriage adventure is ruined by… love.
And it happens more than a hundred years ago – in Paris! 

The operetta “The Count of Luxemburg” has not lost its popularity for more than a hundred and ten years after its first production, and each new interpretation fascinates new generations of viewers. The world premiere took place on November 12, 1909, at Teatr an der Wien, Vienna. The libretto reflects the atmosphere of Paris in the first decade of 20th century and the music typical of this time. The premier was a surprising success, with the audience asking for repeats of every musical number. The first production was shown 300 times. The operetta quickly crossed the borders of Austria, attracted great interest on the stages of European theatres, and then widely in the world.
F. Lehár developed the operetta genre, which became popular at the end of the 19th century, with new rhythms, melodies, treatment of roles characteristics and formed a slightly different – the new Viennese type of operetta. The genre reform he started was continued by Imre Kalman.

The operetta “The Count of Luxemburg” was first staged in Lithuania in 1942, at State Theatre, later four more interpretations on the Kaunas stage was made – in 1944, 1963, 1985, 2002.