Alfons Haider on the new program “Mr. Musical presents”: “A signal that I belong to the ORF family”

2023-06-01 19:45:00

Alfons Haider on his new TV format, his stage debut at 17 and why younger people also like musicals.

He was booted out at ORF as moderator of the opera ball and the “Starnacht” shows, now he can lead through a new program: Alfons Haider (65) celebrates on Saturday with the format “Mr. Musical presents” (ORF 2, 10.45 p.m.) a screen comeback. The SN spoke to the moderator, singer, entertainer and director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.

The four-part musical series should have started last November. Why the delay, Mr. Haider? Alfons Haider: We didn’t like the concept back then, we wanted…