Ten brides and no groom

Musical comedy in two acts by Franz Zuppe

Libretto by Wilhelm Friedrich Riese

Russian text - Vladimir Kantor

Production director - Anna Osipenko

Musical leader - Arif Dadashev

Stage designer - Elena Nemchaninova

Choreographer - Mikhail Chaykasov

Lighting Design - Vladimir Lukasevich

Choirmaster - Evgeniy Takmakov

Director - Stanislav Ilyuhin

Conductor - Maksim Alekseev

Father of ten girls is in the depth of despair - neither of them are married. When, finally, a potential suitor appears, the girls excitedly trying to win his heart. Imagine their disappointment when they find out that this man is...  However, under the laws of the operetta genre, wedding will still take place.

Premiere of the performance was held October 25, 1862 in Vienna on stage of Carltheater, and 2 years later, in 1864, it was shown in Russia, in the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Dances and arias in this operetta - it's processing of folk music from different parts of Europe, that's why it became very popular and was in many theater's repertory.