Operette für zwei schwule Tenöre

Graphic designer Tobi and nurse Jan have built a life together in the countryside: Their own little house with a garden complete with fruit trees, homemade jam for breakfast and friendly, greeting neighbors. The two met at the annual Schützenfest and fell in love after Tobi turned his back on Berlin and the gay scene there to live his dream of an idyllic life in the country. But while Tobi idealizes the village, Jan, who has never left his home, can hardly stand it there ...

The play, which is filled with lively catchy tunes, new operetta hits and hearty schmaltzy waltzes such as "Champagner von Aldi", "Mein Fetisch ist die Operette" and "Ich steh total auf Jens Riewa", tells a modern, uproariously funny but always touching story about gay life between love and sex, pride and self-doubt as well as country idyll and big city scene.

Since its world premiere at the BKA Theater in Berlin in October 2021, the "operetta for two gay tenors" by Florian Ludewig (music) and Johannes Kram (lyrics) has been celebrated by audiences and the press alike and has become a perennial hit. "This is how gay life today can turn into a cult stage miracle", writes the Berlin scene magazine "Siegessäule", "great fun" by the Tagesspiegel and the stage magazine Orpheus also recommends: "Go and see it - absolutely!"

The play celebrates the rebirth of Berlin operetta, a genre that strained role models and celebrated diversity with relish in the 1920s. One hundred years later, the "operetta for two gay tenors" is the world's first queer operetta to continue this tradition with wit and passion. In 2022, the "gay operetta" was awarded the German Musical Theater Prize in the "Best Lyrics" category and received a nomination in the "Best Book" category.