Mam'zelle Nitouche
The famous operetta Mamzelle Nitouche (in Czech "Miss Netýkavka") was written 130 years ago, in 1883, as a mocking parody of the bombastic opera of the time. It still offers Czech audiences excellent music and a libretto, which, translated and adapted by Oldřich Nový, stands out for its imaginative situational and verbal humour.
Mam'zelle Nitouche
The famous operetta Mamzelle Nitouche (in Czech "Miss Netýkavka") was written 130 years ago, in 1883, as a mocking parody of the bombastic opera of the time. It still offers Czech audiences excellent music and a libretto, which, translated and adapted by Oldřich Nový, stands out for its imaginative situational and verbal humour. "Mamzelka is the best known and certainly the best operetta by composer Florimond Hervé. It has achieved worldwide success and has been performed many times in Czech theatres, including the Karlín Music Theatre. In addition, many of us still remember the 1977 film/television production in which the role of Célestin (Floridor) was played by Lubomír Lipský.
The story of Denise, a convent inmate, and Célestin, a singing teacher, convent organist and operetta composer, is a humorous confrontation of three different worlds: the convent, the theatre and the barracks.
At the same time, the story is humorously "transplanted" to a time and setting that is notoriously familiar to everyone from the films about the gendarmes of Saint-Tropez! The director and choreographer of the production, Gustav Skála, managed to give the Brno production, on which we are based and to which we subscribe within the framework of the developing cooperation with the Municipal Theatre Brno, an incredible charge.Therefore, we believe that the latest adaptation will also delight not only the operetta audience of the Karlín Music Theatre.
