"[A]n intriguing account of court life in an outpost of the Islamic empire in Africa." Journal of World HistoryIn 1844, Salamah bint Saïd was born into royalty of the sultanate of Zanzibar and Omar.She was the youngest out of Sayyid Said bin Sultan Al-Busaid’s thirty children and daughter of a Circassian concubine, and through her early years spent in a variety of great palaces she experienced vast wealth.This is the story of Saïd’s life, written after she had left Zanzibar and eloped with Rudolph Heinrich Ruete to Germany to begin life under her new name, Emily Ruete.From an early age she was witness to the intrigue and politics of the harem, even involving herself at the tender age of fifteen to the factional infighting and an attempted coup by her brother Barghash against another brother.But this is more than merely an interesting story of one Arabian princess’s life in East Africa, as Saïd provides a fascinating insight into the social and cultural history of Zanzibar.She writes on numerous topics from schooling to fashion, medical treatment to slavery, thus giving a vivid impression of when she lived.After she married Rudolph Ruete and converted to Christianity, they ... [Read More]

Franz Lehár Das Land des Lächelns Prince Sou-Chong_Piotr Beczala Lisa_Julia Kleiter Mi_Rebeca Olvera Count Gustav v. Pottenstein_Spencer Lang Tschang_Cheyne Davidson Chief Eunuch_Martin Zysset Fabio Luisi, musical direction Andreas Homoki, stage director Klaus Grünberg, set and lighting designer Silke Willrett, costume design Kathrin Brunner, dramaturgy Philharmonia Zürich Chor der Oper Zürich Always smile and always be cheerful, always satisfied, no matter what happens, smile in spite of your sorrows and a thousand aches and pains, sings Prince Sou-Chong, thus introducing the fundamentally melancholic tone of Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), which even has a tragic ending in store. For the new production of this operetta, world class tenor Piotr Beczala returned to the Opernhaus Zürich as Sou-Chong. He has an equal partner in Julia Kleiter, who plays the role of Lisa. Fabio Luisi and Andreas Homoki also know that the genre of operetta requires particular care which is why they have assumed personal responsibility for this production. Homoki lets the plot take place in a Paris Variété theater from the 1920s, complete with show staircase and heavy curtains. To em... [Read More]

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