Hamburg seeks ‘very fat’ cast

Hamburg seeks ‘very fat’ cast

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norman lebrecht

November 28, 2019

Hamburg State Opera is putting on Verdi’s Falstaff.

It is seeking ‘extremely corpulent’ cast members of both sexes for December-January rehearsals.

The director is Calixto Bieito.

Nuff said.

Applications to: monika.wilken@staatsoper-hamburg.de

 

Comments

  • sam says:

    hmmm, Ethiopian State Opera seeks extremely starving cast members for Aida?

  • Greg Bottini says:

    Thanks so much for the picture of the Falstaff can!
    It was the beer that my dad used to drink. The brewery’s been out of business for years.
    Long-time San Franciscans will well remember the big illuminated beer glass by the freeway that endlessly kept emptying and refilling. I can’t recall now whether the sign advertised Falstaff or Hamm’s. Both brands are long gone.

  • Petros Linardos says:

    Can’t they add padding under the costumes?

  • Enquiring Mind says:

    Isn’t just about any opera singer qualified? Who is on the short list of “in shaped”?

  • OrphanBach says:

    I envision the problem being solved with a Transatlantic charter flight.

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