Johann Strauss Simplicius

Operetta in three acts Sung in German Five years after Wagners Parsifal Johann Strauss II presented Simplicius in the Theater an der Wien Neither an opera nor an operetta it was a work that did not fit into any of the predefined categories On the 100th anniversary of the composers death in 1999 the Zurich opera house presented a new production the works Swiss premiere This production picked up on various impulses from the history of the works origin using them to create a unique version of the piece Here for example is the Donauweibchen incorporated shortly before the end The Austrianborn chief conductor of the Zurich opera house Franz WelserMöst has left his mark as a native speaker on this Simplicius production both here and elsewhere