Ball at the Savoy

A dazzling evening at the Grand Hotel, a fireworks display of music and emotion: with Ball im Savoy (1932), Paul Abraham created one of the most brilliant revue operettas of his era. Dazzling, cheeky, and rhythmically electrifying, the work tells the story of the wealthy aristocrat Aristide and his newlywed wife, Madeleine, as they are swept into a whirlwind of misunderstandings, jealousy, and romantic entanglements. Masquerades, mistaken identities, and wounded egos fuel the unfolding drama, ultimately revealing that love and trust deserve a second chance even in the modern age.

The Hungarian-born composer blends the elegance of classical operetta with the pulsating sounds of modernity: the Charleston, the foxtrot, cosmopolitan timbres, and symphonic brilliance merge to create music that remains captivating to this day. Yet, beneath the glamour unfolds a witty drama about love, trust, and the art of resisting temptation. To reinterpret this masterpiece, director Christian von Götz a five-time winner of the coveted „BR-Operettenfrosch“ award makes his debut at the Tiroler Landestheater. Celebrated for his high-energy, meticulously crafted productions, he now turns his attention to Abraham’s fascinating universe. Together with the TLT ensemble, von Götz restores the Savoy to its former glory, presenting a vivid tableau of sophisticated globetrotters, charming impostors, and lovers performing a balancing act between mistaken identities and temptation.

Recommended age: 10 years and up

program

Ball im Savoy


Operette in drei Akten und einem Vorspiel von Paul Abraham

Libretto von Alfred Grünwald und Fritz Löhner-Beda

In deutscher Sprache mit deutschen Übertiteln

Place

Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck (English: Tyrolean State Theatre) is the state theatre in Innsbruck, Austria, located near the historic Altstadt (Old Town) section of the city. The theatre is surrounded by Imperial Hofburg, the Hofgarten, and SOWI Faculty of the University of Innsbruck. The main theatre has about 800 seats and the studio theatre in the basement has around 250. Plays, operas, operettas, musicals and dance theatre are performed at the theatre.