Nico Dostal Prinzessin Nofretete

1912 – sensational news from Egypt: Nefertiti’s burial chamber found! However, Nico Dostal’s operetta ‘Prinzessin Nofretete’ is not primarily about archaeology. Clothed in humorous dialogues and catchy songs, we witness a colourful cavalcade of tour guides, historians, pharaohs, soothsayers, thieves, and palace guards as they are caught up in an intricate web of intrigues —in Ancient Egypt as well as the present.

The operetta is being performed on stage for the first time since its premiere in 1936 – a true excavation of the Musical Comedy Leipzig in the production by Franziska Severin. Stefan Klingele is the musical director. Rondeau Production, together with the German broadcasters Deutschlandradio Kultur, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, has recorded the highly acclaimed production for this two CD set.

Milko Milev (Lord Joshua Callagan, Pharao Rhampsinit)
Lilli Wünscher (Claudia Callagan, Prinzessin Nofretete)
Angela Mehling (Quendolin Tottenham)
Jeffery Krueger (Totty Tottenham, Prinz Thototpe)
Radoslaw Rydlewski (Dr. Hjalmar Eklind)
Nora Lentner (Pollie Miller, Teje)
Hinrich Horn (Abu Assam)

Chor der Musikalischen Komödie Leipzig
Orchester der Musikalischen Komödie Leipzig

Stefan Klingele