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ETCetera invites you to:

La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein

by Jacques Offenbach

Stage direction: Andy Fisk

Musical direction: Steven de Mesmaeker and Elizabeth Flynn


July 5th, 6th at 20.00

At Comédie Claude Volter, Av des Frères Legrain 98, 1150 Brussels


La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein was a summit in Jacques Offenbach’s career. Some of his most lively music and a wonderfully ridiculous plot enliven this tale of a monarch of a small European country whose ministers decide to go to war in order to keep her entertained.

The opening night was attended by many of the European heads of state, including Count Bismarck, Edward Prince of Wales, Napoleon III, the Tsar of Russia and several other European monarchs. It seems they enjoyed it… quite a lot. 

Here it is sung in the original French, with spoken dialogue in a more modern and comical English.

There will be surtitles in English and Dutch (from the French), and French and Dutch (from the English).

Access:

By car: Exit 2 on the E411. Easy free parking beside the theatre and along the road to the Bois.

By bus: from Métro Herman Debroux (last return bus 344 from Jesus Eik at 22.57)

Tickets (coming soon): www.thelittleboxoffice.com/etcetera


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