Monsters and Critics have reported on Siegfried and Roy’s return to the Theatre in germany where they performed in the mid 1960’s as youthful headliners before skyrocketing to international fame in Las Vegas.
It was at the Hansa Theatre – which bills itself as Europe’s last remaining vaudeville-style variety theatre – that two young men, calling themselves ‘Siegfried & Partner,’ performed magic tricks with a big cat in 1964.
Smiling and waving to fans and paparazzi, the two stars were visibly moved by cheers and applause from die-hard fans who braved a chilly drizzle to give Siegfried and Roy a heroes’ homecoming, as they stepped out of a black SUV at the Hansa Theater in downtown Hamburg for Thursday night’s public appearance. The gala tribute was in honour of the 45th anniversary of their 1964 gig at the venerable cabaret venue.
Showing no signs of the terrible injuries suffered in an on-stage tiger attack in 2003, 65-year-old Roy Horn wore sunglasses and a black silk suit with a flowing white silk scarf over a heliotrope satin shirt, opened at the collar to reveal a diamond-studded crucifix.
Roy walked up the red carpet in measured steps, supported by two personal assistants, waving a black-gloved hand to fans. At Roy’s side, as always, Siegfried Fischbacher looked much younger than his 70 years in head-to-toe basic black suit, black shirt and black silk tie, saying:
I always dreamt of the day when we might be able to return to Hamburg, which was such a milestone in our early career, And now this day has come, and it is truly a dream come true.
As guests of a local newspaper, the two stars issued no further statement, pending publication of an exclusive interview with the paper on Friday.