CARL ZELLER (1842 –1898)
DER VOGELHÄNDLER (THE BIRD SELLER)
Mörbisch Festival Orchestra
Mörbisch Festival Choir
Gerrit Priessnitz, conductor
Things will be jolly good at the Mörbisch Lake Festival in 2017! With Christel the post mistress
and Adam the bird seller, two of the best-known operetta characters will be returning to the
lake stage after an absence of nearly twenty years. Petty corruption in positions of authority,
comedy of errors and something for the heart – all the classic operetta ingredients come together
masterfully in the Vogelhändler. The arias “Grüß’ enk Gott, alle miteinander”, “Ich bin die Christel von
der Post” and “Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol” are very well known to lovers of operetta throughout
the world.