He is in love with Princess Fenena "whispers director Dominique Caron (54)." The problem is:. Her sister loves him " One man, two women and heart pain - this is the stuff of "Nabucco", the highlight of this year's Festival Eutin, the composer Giuseppe Verdi Sung in Italian in 1841, the Opera House on July 6 to 20 of the clock. have Eutiner lake stage premiere.

The Hugo Vera (32), has ceased to sing, his black eyes that look just yet glowed with passion, now distanced friendly. In the opera, he plays the Prince Ishmael. "In the end he gets it" reveals Dominique Caron. Ishmael is a proud hero. "In the performance I'm wearing a golden breastplate," announced Vera. "And a sword."

Hugo Vera has performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. As the "Heraldo" in Don Carlos, he was on stage or as a "Messaggero" in Aida. He comes from sister city Eutin Lawrence (Kansas, USA) and is one of the singers, the director is particularly proud of Caron.

Nabucco, the King of Babylon, from bass-baritone Devid Cecconi (41) sang a true Sicilian. The young Ukrainian mezzo- Svetlana Slyvia Fenena gives her voice and Mozart Prize winner Romelia Lichtenstein, a dark beauty, sings the older sister Abigail.

"We have great people," says Caron. "And the mood is great."

No self-evident, because after massive human and financial problems had to log Eutin Festival 2010 bankruptcy. The end of the traditional opera festival seemed sealed.

Nevertheless chose Dominique Caron, who had previously worked at the theater in Dortmund and even at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, for the music event in the park of the Holstein residence. "We have the most beautiful open-air theater in the world," she says. But the romantic venue in Eutin Castle Park is not the only reason was. "What has impressed me, the great use of Eutin has been known for its pageants."

The trade association founded last year Eutin the "New Eutin Festival-profit organization" Caron. "The strong support by the business association is impressive, all with so much heart into what I've seen it not so..."

In addition to staging lavish Nabucco 2012, the comic opera "The Elixir of Love" (premiered July 20, 20 Clock) by Gaetano Donizetti and the operetta "The Flower of Hawaii" by Alfred Grünwald (Premiere August 2, 20 Clock) on the Schedule. Caron: ". Gruenwald was a brilliant Jewish composer who fled from the Nazis in 1938 to Vienna from New York 'The flower of Hawaii," he wrote in 1931.

"An opera with elements of jazz," says Caron thrilled. "Because we need the saxophone and drums." Hits such as "A paradise on the beach", "You beautiful beautiful pearl of the Pacific" and "I'm just a Jonny, pulling through the world," known to many today. Caron has a great support in the General Music Director Urs-Michael Theus (52), who also previously worked as a conductor in Eutin it. Theus has put together a new festival orchestra that will accompany the performances on a regular basis from now on. For musical success was its professional choir festival and contribute to the extra chorus, which is formed from specially casted singers from the region - a total of 64 votes. You will be heard in "Nabucco" the legendary prison choir.

The new orchestra, however, has the honor of being the prelude to this year's season to give: On 30 June 20 is the clock on the opening concert Eutiner marketplace. They will play works by Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg and other composers - not least by Carl Maria von Weber. Weber, born 1786 in Eutin is something of a spiritual father figure of the festival.