Kammeroper Frankfurt e.V.

With "Der Vetter aus Dingsda", the Frankfurt Chamber Opera is staging a style icon of the 1920s. The operetta in three acts by composer Eduard Künneke, with a libretto by Herman Haller and Fritz Oliven, was first performed in 1921.

Julia waits longingly at Castle de Weert for the return of her cousin Roderich, who is on a trip to Java in East Asia. Seven years ago, when he left, she swore her eternal fidelity to him and gave him a ring as a token of this. But her family has other plans. They want her uncle's nephew to win Julia's heart - and with it her money. Julia's second guardian wants to marry her off to his son Egon. But Julia only dreams of Roderich.
When a stranger suddenly appears on her doorstep on the evening of her coming of age, the two plan a prank. The stranger introduces himself to Julia's aunt and uncle as her nephew Roderich, who has returned from Batavia. He has fallen in love with Julia and hopes to win her heart as Roderich.
But the deception is exposed and Julia lets him go away, even though she is in love with him, because she does not want to break the vow of loyalty she made to Roderich seven years ago.
When the real Roderich arrives, Julia's friend Hannchen falls in love with him at first sight. It comes out who he is and he admits that he never took Julia's vow of fidelity seriously as a child. Roderich tells Julia that he is not worthy of her. She is dismayed because she sent the beloved stranger away because of him...

This operetta delights with its lively melodies and the sometimes absurdly playful mockery of the songs. In many respects, it seems all too topical a hundred years later. Where it is not topical, it is timeless in its themes of wanderlust, love, kinship, money and power.

Photo: Martin Pudenz

9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25 + 26 July, 7.30 pm (in case of rain, the performance will take place in concert)

Palmengarten Music Pavilion/Orchestra Shell, Palmengartenstr. 11, Frankfurt

2for1: 29 € (free choice of seats)

On the day of the event, 6.30-7 p.m., box office only at the Palmengartenstraße entrance!