When captivating music, jazzy rhythms and fast-paced dance numbers merge with turbulent romance and sparkling humour, it is a mixture that guarantees good humour and hilarity. This is the recipe for success of Paul Abraham’s fairy tale in the Grand Hotel. The story is set in an elegant hotel on the French Riviera and is about a bankrupt American film producer. His daughter Marylou intends to save her father’s company by making a film about the Grand Hotel and, above all, its aristocratic guests. All too soon she finds herself caught up in the turbulent amorous confusion of the illustrious circle. A clumsy hotel employee, the unrecognised Spanish infanta and, last but not least, Marylou herself contribute to the hilarious escalation of the chaos. However, in good operetta tradition, the Grand Hotel has a happy ending in store for everyone.
Lehár Festival Bad Ischl www.leharfestival.at
