Slávka Zámečníková makes her role debut as Daria in "Prima la Mamma" at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Scandal behind the scenes!
Theater, theater everywhere! During rehearsals for the highly tragic ancient epic "Romulus and Ersilia," everything goes wrong: The prima donna isn't feeling well, she doesn't like the trouser role, and the tenor finally wants to play first fiddle.
And to make matters worse, Mamma Agata, the second soprano's weird helicopter mother, bursts in...
When the trouser role and the tenor finally leave, offended, the situation is dire: Who will sing Romulus now? The completely unmusical Mamma Agata, without further ado and very helpful, offers to step in. But before that can happen, let alone the opera's performance, it's all over, and the opera house is to be closed!
In his opera buffa, in which the role of Mamma is played by a baritone (!), Gaetano Donizetti creates a musically multi-coloured and virtuoso parody of the customs and vices of the theatre, with all the clichés and eccentric tendencies of the artists, staged in a comedic, shrill and colourful manner by director Daniel Kramer (“Die tote Stadt”).
(Source: German Opera on the Rhine )
Slávka Zámečníková makes her role debut as Daria
PREMIERE on November 16, 2024
Further performances: November 22, 27, and 30, December 8, 21, and 31, and January 12, 2024