Johann Strauss Jr.'s
The Queen's Lace
​Handkerchief

September 6 & 7*, 2019 at 8pm
September 8, 2019 at 2pm

(presented as a semi-staged concert with full orchestra)

Directed by Kathleen Alvania
Music Directed by Joseph Sorge

Performances at the
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
603 Edmonston Dr. Rockville, MD 20851

Box Office

Phone: 240-314-8690
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday (2pm- 7pm) & two hours before every
ticketed performance.
Tickets: Adults $28 / Seniors (65+) $24 / Students $20

*Preshow Lecture on Saturday, September 7th at 7pm
Join us downstairs in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre’s social hall for a lecture on Johann Strauss II, Operetta, and The Queen’s Lace Handkerchie” presented by Dann Chamberlin, published author and member of the The Johann Strauss II Society of Great Britain.

Profiled in the Prince George's Sentinel: 
The operetta is at times nonsensical, but also has a message:
“That we should enjoy life, and not try to control it or take it so seriously,” 

Read The Article

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Synopsis

Political intrigue. Love triangles. Pie. Everything you could ask for in a comic operetta! In this story about the thrill of competition and the joy of play, the Prime Minister of Portugal and the rabble-rousing poet Cervantes jockey for power over the throne, while the king and queen are preoccupied with affairs of the heart. Don’t miss this rarely performed gem by Johann Strauss, Jr!

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