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"At the Weißes Rössl on Lake Wolfgangsee, happiness is just around the corner." In addition to the famous inn, the "Rössl" landlady Maria Gabriela Josepha Vogelhuber, née Steinlechner, is a real attraction. Resolute, cheeky and trained as a soprano, she turns the heads of her guests as well as the waiter Leopold. He thinks: "It must be wonderful to be loved by you", and the landlady thinks so too, but is referring to the Berlin lawyer Dr. Otto Siedler. So there is a lot of jealousy, also because Dr. Siedler has his eye on the factory owner's daughter Ottilie and shamelessly duets with her: "The whole world is sky blue when I look into your eyes." Well, at least everything is going well with 'handsome' Sigismund and his Klärchen, or to be more precise: "The bald head is beautiful and round." Oh yes, and then there's the emperor himself...
Heartache, solid comedy, a wealth of unforgettable melodies and Heimatfilm exoticism have been the basic ingredients of "Weißes Rössl" since its Berlin premiere in 1930. Although Ralph Benatzky provided the majority of the musical numbers, many other composers were involved in the revue operetta. And in the years that followed, each city developed its own version of the work, which even made it to Broadway.

Matinée is on Sunday, November 2, 2025, 11:00 am, in the Great House

Age recommendation: 10+


Press reviews:

"The best, very rich entertainment fare. Benjamin Künzel has staged the singspiel 'Im Weißen Rössl' by Hans Müller and Erik Charell and the music by Ralph Benatzky in the Großes Haus: colorful, cheerful, kitschy, funny, silly, warm, thoughtful. [...] Maria Rosendorfsky is the original Austrian, rude landlady with a soft core, who commands her troupe with a whistle and then sometimes blows the bass line on the tuba. And as a soprano, she naturally excels in singing. But the acting ensemble also intones finely. [...] The Swabian audience showed true enthusiasm and celebrated the ensemble, the music, the chorus and the direction. 'This is the magic of the season', they sang 'Im Weißen Rössl'. You could say operetta-like. Four stars superior."
Jürgen Kanold // Südwest Presse

"For the ensemble of the Ulm Theater, there are some parade roles among them. The gripping landlady, who rolls her eyes at her pay waiter, is tailor-made for the Viennese-born Maria Rosendorfsky. Vocally, she dominates the production [...]. Markus Hottgenroth as the Berlin businessman who would rather be on vacation in Ahlbeck and Stephan Clemens, who organizes the happy endings in love affairs as the racing cyclist lawyer Dr. Otto Siedler, also shine. [...] Part of the big final applause was also for the small orchestra on stage, which was responsible for the perfectly fitting tones under the direction of Vincenzo de Lucia at the piano."
Franziska Wolfinger // Augsburger Allgemeine