As well as this year, the “Sommerfestival Kittsee” under the musical direction of chief conductor Joji Hattori devoted itself entirely to the genre of operetta. L’officiel Austria was a guest of the prominently attended premiere as a media partner.
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4 1 & 2) The two hosts of the evening: Kerstin Grotrian and Raimund Stangl. 3) “I come to Kittsee practically every year because it is a wonderful festival with a very exceptional atmosphere,” enthuses Thomas Schäfer-elmayer, seen here with PR Grande-dame Elisabeth Himmer-hirnigel and opera singer Clemens Unterreiner. 4) Also among the guests: Hans Niessl, Martina and Werner Fasslabend, Christina Zach,thomas Schäfer-elmayer and Andor Nagy with his wife Mariann Bercsényi. 5) Monika Wiltschnigg, Director at Tiffany & Co. Austria, with husband Manfred Wiltschnigg. 6) The united ensemble: In the middle, artistic director Joji Hattori, who this year not only acted as a conductor but also took up the violin himself. 7) Impressions of the premiere under the artistic direction of Christian Buchmann and the direction of Dominik Am Zehnhoff-söns.
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