"The King of the Lions" in Hamburg
Goldkehlchen Helene Fischer is a concept for everyone. But how did she start?
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In a three-year apprenticeship, she trained as a state-recognized musical actress directly after completing secondary school. Already during her education she appeared at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in the Rocky Horror Picture Show and at the Volkstheater Frankfurt in the Musical Anatevka. Here also director Wolfgang Kraus crossed her path. But he was initially unconvinced by the performance of fishermen born in Siberia.
He remembers Helene rather than a wallflower, but he certifies that she already had an unmistakable aura and an endearing temper. Helene played in apron and headscarf the daughter of the milkman Tevje, played by none other than pop singer Tony Marshall - maybe she discovered so so her love for German Schlager.Auch the then director of the Frankfurt Theater, Gisela Dahlem-Christian, believed in the success by Helene Fischer. She even advised her to try something different, as "Singing is one of the toughest jobs of all, but it's too good a deal." Helene, however, got her way and sang breathlessly in the last few years of their audience.
Her lovable way she has preserved - and her love for the musical. So she looked behind the scenes at the tenth anniversary of The Lion King in Hamburg and even rehearsed with the cast members. Time and again, she is still playing her own songs as well as musicals on TV appearances and concerts.
Many Germans have taken the Hamburg musical, which has been performed at the same venue for an unbelievable 13 years, just as much as Helene Fischer. For the then ten year celebration, many other celebrities showed their love for Simba and Co. So came the then gala performance also Barbara Becker and cook Sarah Wiener. To date, the award-winning musical have seen more than 10 million people in Germany alone.
Every eighth German was already touched by the touching story of the little lion Simba on his way to the Lion King. And worldwide, the success continues unabated: With worldwide revenues of 6.2 billion dollars, it is the most financially successful musical of all time and thus came "The Phantom of the Opera" from his throne. That Helene Fischer will ever work again as a musical actress, Although unlikely, lack of talent or inconspicuousness would currently no one accuse her more, and so basically Wolfgang Kraus would have to apologize for his earlier statements.
