Casts:

11th April 2009 Matinee - Stuttgart

Elphaba: Melanie Gebhard
Glinda: Valerie Link
Fiyero: Mathias Edenborn
Wizard: Carlo Lauber
Madame Morrible: Barbara Raunegger
Boq: Robert Knorr
Nessa: Janine Tippl
Dr Dillamond: Petter Bjällö

11th April 2009 Evening - Stuttgart

Elphaba: Melanie Gebhard
Glinda: Lucy Scherer
Fiyero: Jens Simon Peterson
Wizard: Carlo Lauber
Madame Morrible: Barbara Raunegger
Boq: Andrea Casati
Nessa: Janine Tippl
Dr Dillamond: Petter Bjällö

Both shows were really good in all honesty, however, the second show, was quite a bit better in comparison. The understudies/or lack of them in Lucy's case made the second show better. The highlights for me were definately Melanie, Lucy and Jens, they were all wonderful.

Melanie: First thing you realise, is that she is frickin' massive. Like, so tall. But I like it, it's cute. Her voice is really good, and to be honest quite alot better in the second show. Her "Gutes Tun" was perfect in my opinion as well as her verse in "So lang ich dich hab". Really, a great actress, and really high up in my list of top Elphabas.

Lucy: Clearly has a specific dialect, because she pronounces some words such as 'ich' as 'ish' which is really cute and i loved it. Her popular was the funniest I have ever seen, and I have seen some pretty funny Glindas. Her high notes were perfection, and she never failed to get a laugh off the audience. My new favourite Glinda.

Jens: Was wonderful! In all of my 17 shows I'd never seen a Fiyero u/s. I'm glad I did, as of course an ensemble member, his dancing was perfection and the best I've seen out of a Fiyero, he also looked really young, and his acting was spot on. He was 100x better than Mathias who I had seen in the matinee. His acting was so sincere, and it was the first time in a long time that I'd quite liked the character. and HE RIFFED

Pictures to come soon..

I'll answer any questions about Actors, characters, comparisons between shows etc.

Melanie's height was the first thing i noticed when she ran on stage! that and the fact that she's gorgeous lol...but what a genuine performer! Im thrilled you got to see her too

Yeh, I'm glad I got to see her aswell, she was great. Didn't enjoy her high riff in DG though, did sound like she was cracking a bit. But oh well. Loved her WAI riff at the end:

zwei die sich verstehehehen! was wonderful

Yah, her Wiz&I end was incredible. Im happy she's getting some good stage time. lmao "verstehehehehehen" made me lol.

I'm glad you didn't catch Mathias in the evening show, my personal feeling is that he isn't right for the role (he's incredible, but not right for Fiyero). I've never seen Jens, but I've heard he's really good =D

Yep, I much preferred Jens to Mathias. Mathias' acting seemed really fake, and really made me hate Fiyero. Which, is not a good thing. Jens was so sincere, and perfect for the role.