Based on the play "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw, Frederick Loewe (music) and Alan J. Lerner (lyrics and libretto) created this charming musical. The success of this charming musical lies in its successful mixture of trenchant social romance and biting morality tale.
Is it possible to turn a simple flower girl in the London slums into a high-society lady in a very short space of time? Phonetics professor Henry Higgins takes the bet. He is certain that language alone is the key to social recognition. Eliza Doolittle from Mayfair becomes his scientific object, and he tortures the daughter of a dustcart driver day and night with abstruse language exercises: "It's so green when Spain's flowers bloom"...
Audrey Hepburn shone as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1964 film of the same name.
The most famous melodies are undoubtedly "Ich hätt' getanzt heut' Nacht", "Wäre det nich wunderschön?" or "Mit 'nem 'nen kleinen Stückchen Glück".
Kammeroper Köln
With the kind support of Sparkasse Hellweg-Lippe eG