Simba: the Musical

Singing 'Can you feel the love tonight"

Last night, Martha- my host mom- and I went to the theater in Altdorf to see 'Simba'. Basically, it's 'The Lion King' except everything was in Swiss German; the songs, the program, and the speaking. Other than not being able to understand anything, it was a very impressive production. Absolutely wonderful costumes and spectacular actors. We sat in the third row and had a fantastic view of the stage. I might not have understood what was being spoken, but because I know the story of the Lion King very well, I had no problem understanding where they were in the story. There was wonderful dancing numbers and musical numbers. I found it quite strange that all the songs were in German, I recognized a lot of the tunes from the Original musical. My absolute favorite moment of the night was the final number 'Can you feel the Love Tonight',  of course it was in German, but I sung along in my head in English. It was so strange to hear it in German, because that is not how I learned it. I was completely exhausted when the show was over, because for one I had just sat through 2 hours of so of straight Swiss German and I had just finished my first week of school. I was really happy to have been able to take these pictures of the show: