DESCRIPTION:
A chamber operetta with melodies by Johann Strauss, Franz Léhar and Robert Stolz. Production: Trio Désirée, Music transcription: Avalon Rusk;Librettists: Désirée Till and Coenraad Bloemendal; staging, set and costume Designer: Désirée Till;
Credits: Jerry Richmond © 2012

You can't buy love. Nor can you measure it. But an artist, such as the
singer in this operetta, reveals the many facets of love in all its moods.
Can love be acquired? Is it the fluttering of a young girl's heart? Is it the uniting of souls?
Is it compassion? Is it a response to beauty? A desire?
Is it projection? Is love blind? Does mutual and reciprocal love make it all worth the
trouble?
This ride on the roller-coaster of love has its highs and lows, its ups and downs, but at
the end of the journey the traveller is exhilarated and moved.

Characters and arias:
Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow) by Franz Léhar
Annina (A Night in Venice) by Johann Strauss
Caramello (A Night in Venice) by Johann Strauss
Anna Elisa (Paganini) by Franz Léhar
Manon (Der Favorit) by Robert Stolz
Paganini (Paganini) by Franz Lehar
Adele (The Bat / Die Fledermaus) by Johann Strauss
Hanna Glawari and Danilo (The Merry Widow) by Franz Léhar
All (The Bat (Die Fledermaus) by Johann Strauss