Glorious! | Die wahre Geschichte der Florence Foster Jenkins | Komödie von Peter Quilter | Deutsch von Horst Johanning | Gastspiel Komödie im Marquardt

Unbelievable! Sometimes it pays to hold on to your life's dream, and sometimes true enthusiasm can triumph over the limitations of talent. Peter Quilter shows us this in his heart-warming comedy about Florence Foster Jenkins, the "diva of false notes". In New York in the early 1940s, Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) was an absolute social phenomenon. She saw herself as a successful soprano who enchanted the world with a voice as clear as a bell. In reality, however, she missed every note of the opera arias she belted out to her audience at charity events and balls with somnambulistic certainty. High society laughed at the rich heiress, but doubts and criticism did not challenge the "queen of dissonance". Driven by a true love of music and devotedly supported by her partner St. Clair Bayfield and the pianist Cosme McMoon, she unflinchingly delighted the world with her "singing". But how long can we close our eyes to the truth? Will Florence be confronted with the bitter reality at her greatest performance in Carnegie Hall?

Peter Quilter's play took London's West End by storm in 2005. A terrific comedy and at the same time a loving tribute to a woman whose joie de vivre and enthusiasm are second to none. A parade role for Antje Rietz, not only a gifted comedian, but in reality also an outstanding singer, who recently thrilled audiences in Stuttgart as Hildegard Knef in "Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen" and as Marlene Dietrich in "Spatz und Engel".