Vienna music Dec 23-27 help

The Makropoulos Affair is a satyrical opera by Leos Janacek about a lady, daughter of a magician born in 1585, that manages to live for several centuries assuming different identities, mainly opera divas. When her formula is about to expire in 1922 she has the choice to renew it for further 300 years, but she prefers to die as living so long has taken too much a toll on her. A young lady is offered the recipe for her formula as well, but she is so terrified that she prefers to burn it on a candle.

The opera has no big tunes and is usually sung in its original Czech language, so if you are not very daring you will probably like more the ballet - a much more self-explaining form of performance.

Which ballet ? Lachera is spot on about the Janacek .

The Ballet is LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE... looks like this is there Dec 26th-LA CENERENTOLA

La fille mal gardée is not bad at all - Ashton was a really good coreographer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsgTTAIRn0

La Cenerentola is a brilliant Rossini opera, it is absolutely compelling if you manage to understand the Italian dialogue, but also the music is very tuneful and a great showpiece for good singers. It is the Cinderella story, with a comic opera twist - the fairy Godmother is turned in a serious philosopher that suggests the charming prince and his servant to temporarily exchange identities turning the situation into an hilarious mess but at the same time testing the true virtues of Cinderella.

The sextet in which everybody rolls exagerately their "r"s is the top of funny by operatic standards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB14yuKef1s

Again , lachera 's response is spot on , no point in my repeating it , go and enjoy !