1.0Opera Zuidhttps://operazuid.nl/en/Fanny Bartelshttps://operazuid.nl/en/author/fanny/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6TAZkJVjNo"><a href="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/frau-luna/">Frau Luna</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://operazuid.nl/en/performance/frau-luna/embed/#?secret=6TAZkJVjNo" width="600" height="338" title="“Frau Luna” — Opera Zuid" data-secret="6TAZkJVjNo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://operazuid.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://operazuid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LR-Horizontaal-Frau-Luna-Opera-Zuid-Bjorn-Frins-1024x683.jpg1024683With Paul Lincke’s Frau Luna, Opera Zuid brings an irresistible Berlin operetta to Dutch theatres. Director Steef de Jong makes his debut with Opera Zuid with this production and demonstrates why this genre is very much alive. In a fully Dutch adaptation by Paulien Cornelisse, *Frau Luna* comes to life as an imaginative, playful and invigorating performance. In Frau Luna, a group of young dreamers fall under the spell of the moon. They build an airship and set off in search of the ‘man in the moon’. There they find themselves in the wondrous world of Frau Luna, where freedom, love and imagination rule. Old conventions fade away, new desires blossom, and nothing is what it seems. Or… does the moon world ultimately turn out to be an imaginative reflection of life on Earth after all? Steef de Jong deliberately opts for a visible theatrical illusion: using cardboard, strings and inventive theatrical devices, the singers construct an entire (moon) world on stage. ‘I enjoy creating a world that is the polar opposite of our own. Especially in a time when all the misery makes you feel sick, there is a growing need for light-heartedness, lightness, joy, taking flight – literally to the moon! In that respect, the song ‘Ist die Welt auch noch so schön’ strikes at the heart of the operetta: the world will come to an end one day, so you might as well dance and sing now!’ The energetic, timeless music, with swinging march rhythms and cabaret-style influences, is provided by Philzuid, under the baton of musical director Enrico Delamboye. Frau Luna lasts approximately 150 minutes including an interval and is sung and spoken in Dutch, with English surtitles.