A grumpy rich man, a housing crisis, and 173 minutes of Strauss chaos—Berlin style.
Ageing misfit Sir Morosus lives alone in an old-style apartment in Charlottenburg in Berlin. He is wealthy, but also lonely and a bit grumpy. Then his nephew Henry moves in with him and his life takes a turn for the better. Director Jan Philipp Gloger homes in on two of the most pressing problems of the day: loneliness and the housing shortage. The Staatskapelle Berlin is conducted by Christian Thielemann.
Direction
Gloger turns housing crisis into slapstick tragedy.
Score
Thielemann makes the Staatskapelle weep and waltz.
Director
Davide Mancini
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