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27th Festival Season - 2005
A Soldier's Promise
By: Emmerich Kálmán
Original libretto by: Victor Léon
Premiere: Bürgertheater, Vienna, October 27, 1911
Caroline, the blind proprietress of an Austrian castle, and her daughter, Marlene, await the arrival of their son and brother Franz from a long absence at war. It is not Franz who arrives, however, but rather his friend Alwin who, unable to break the news to the women that Franz has apparently been killed in action, assumes the identity of his wartime friend. Obvious complications arise when Alwin falls in love with Marlene, and she experiences non-brotherly feelings toward him. Alwin has no choice but to reveal the ruse and be welcomed into the family as a new son. Discover yet another gem from the pen of this illustrious Hungarian composer.
| Production Team | |
| Conductor | Steven Byess |
| Stage Director | Steven Daigle |
| Choreographer | Carol Hageman |
| Set Designer | Kirk Domer |
| Costume Designer | Charlene Gross |
| Lighting Designer | Shannon Schweitzer |
| Assistant Stage Director | Amy Pfrimmer |
| Cast | |
| Caroline Von Gubendorf | Julie Wright |
| Marlene, her daughter | Sara Gartland |
| Martin, Baron of Schenkenbach - District Commissar | Patrick Howle |
| Vitus Rabenlechner, mushroom farmer | Anthony Maida |
| Walpurga, his daughter | Sandra Ross |
| Stefan, Vitus' half-brother | Grant Knox |
| Alwin von Kammerer, Hussar officer | Joshua Kohl |
| Stanzi, housekeeper | Elizabeth Mitchell |
| Ramsauer, town magistrate | Michael Hix |
| Imma Jungfrau Nimmerküsste, his daughter | Sahara Glasener |
| The Parish Priest | Oliver Henderson |
| Boni Strassmayer, estate manager | Justin Legris |
| Laczi Bauer, a local | Spiro Matsos |
| Wilhelm Weidiger, a local merchant | John Buffett |
| Heidi Petko, a servant | Rachel Rowe |
| Sari Rühmkopf, a servant | Erin Jackson |
| Juliska Fiebeger, a cook | Jessica Hornsten |
| Women of the Ensemble: Sara Gartland, Sahara Glasener, Jessica Hornsten, Erin Jackson, Elizabeth Mitchell, Sandra Ross, Rachel Rowe, Julie Wright | |
| Men of the Ensemble: John Buffett, Oliver Henderson, Michael Hix, Patrick Howle, Grant Knox, Joshua Kohl, Justin Legris, Anthony Maida, Spiro Matsos | |
