Die Unbekannte

Thoughts about music: The neologism “Musicalette” can be found for the first time in the piece How to Make a Career (1961) by the authors Peter Herz and Willy Fuchs, music by Nico Dostal. This product was created at a time when the musical was increasingly pushing the operetta out of the programs of the operetta houses. The criticism in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 2, 1961 commented on the “failure” of this project as follows: “Whether Nico Dostal is the man to take the operetta into the much-praised land of musicals seems doubtful because of his strong, generational ties to it the operetta genre.” 157 years later, another musicalette has been created. In the conscious constructive discussion between two generations (father/son), a mixture of the genres Viennese operetta and musical - taking into account elements of today's trend music - is now to merge into a new genre, the musicalette 2021. Adapted to the plot or concept, the music offers a wide range of musical styles from classic ballads to “pop” and trend music (including electro swing). Sounds based on the operetta can also be heard and are used very consciously as a stylistic device, especially when Alfons immerses himself in the “virtual world” of the Internet dating platform and there - also concerning the image of women - as 75-year-old Leopold his operetta-like mischief drives. The music should very deliberately form a counterpoint to the text/plot (parody).