"used by the Swiss Air Force in mobile airfield flak batteries (M FLPL flab Bttr). Otherwise identical to the Flt Gt 63, the Flt Gt 69 featured The Flt Gt63 and the Fl Gt69 were replaced in the Swiss Air Force by the Skyguard fire control system. Super Fledermaus The Super Fledermaus (literally Super Bat), known in Swiss service as the Feuerleitgerät 63, Flt Gt 63 (fire control radar unit 63), is an omnidirectional pulse radar system, 111 of these systems were in service with the Swiss Air Force from 1965 to 1977. Under the lead of Contraves, the Super"
"German language was the Austrian Johann Strauss II (1825–1899). His first operetta was ""Indigo und die vierzig Räuber"" (1871). His third operetta, ""Die Fledermaus"" (1874), became the most performed operetta in the world, and remains his most popular stage work. Its libretto was based on a comedy written by Offenbach's librettists. In all, Strauss wrote 16 operettas and one opera, most with great success when first premiered. Many of his lesser operettas are now largely forgotten, since his later librettists were less talented and he often composed independently of the plot. Strauss's operettas, waltzes, polkas, and marches often have a"
"Die Fledermaus (1979 film) Die Fledermaus is a 1979 Soviet two-part operetta film directed by Yan Frid. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The Viennese banker Heinrich Eisenstein has committed a minor offense for which he must go to jail. However, his friend Falke, director of a local theater, persuades him to spend this evening at a ball given by the well-known patron of art, Prince Orlovsky, who came from Russia. For the sake of this celebration, Heinrich is ready to postpone the prison and also do something more difficult — to lie"
"Richard Genée Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (February 7, 1823 – June 15, 1895) was a Prussian born Austrian librettist, playwright, and composer. He is most famous for the libretto of ""Die Fledermaus"", Johann Strauss II's most famous operetta. He co-wrote the libretto without having met top-billed librettist , who constructed the new story based on a play by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, which was considered too shocking to perform outside Paris. Genée, however, wrote the operetta's actual text and drew nothing from Haffner beyond the names of the characters. Genée was born in Danzig. One of his best-known works"
"caught himself due to the recklessly presented watch and ends up asking his wife for forgiveness, which he receives. As a result, the frivolous friends are embarrassed and forgiven, the student gets deserved freedom, and the talented maid — a place of an actress in the theater. Die Fledermaus (1979 film) Die Fledermaus is a 1979 Soviet two-part operetta film directed by Yan Frid. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The Viennese banker Heinrich Eisenstein has committed a minor offense for which he must go to jail. However, his friend Falke, director of"
"famous of which was ""Die Fledermaus"", which is still regularly performed today. Nevertheless, rather than copying the style of Offenbach, the operettas of Strauss II had distinctly Viennese flavor to them, which have cemented the Strauss II's place as one of the most renowned operetta composers of all time. In rivalry with imported Italian opera productions, a separate French tradition was founded by the Italian Jean-Baptiste Lully at the court of King Louis XIV. Despite his foreign origin, Lully established an Academy of Music and monopolised French opera from 1672. Starting with ""Cadmus et Hermione"", Lully and his librettist Quinault"
"The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth. Die Fledermaus (1946 film) Die Fledermaus is a 1946 German operetta film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters and Will Dohm. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The film was made by Terra Film, one of major German production companies of the Nazi era. It was shot using agfacolor at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Although production began in 1944, the film was not finally released until 1946 when it was distributed by the"
"Die Fledermaus (1946 film) Die Fledermaus is a 1946 German operetta film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters and Will Dohm. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The film was made by Terra Film, one of major German production companies of the Nazi era. It was shot using agfacolor at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Although production began in 1944, the film was not finally released until 1946 when it was distributed by the communist-controlled DEFA company in the Soviet occupation zone."
"entitled ""Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl"" from the series ""Tom and Jerry"" makes use of Strauss's overture of ""Die Fledermaus"". Another 1953 animated short ""Johann Mouse"" from the series ""Tom and Jerry"" features a mouse mesmerised by the playing of several Strauss waltzes by Johann Strauss himself, and later, by Tom. The 1968 film """" features ""The Blue Danube"". Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son (), Johann Baptist Strauss, son of Johann Strauss I, was an Austrian composer of light music,"
"responsibility for encouraging Strauss to write operetta. As it happened, Strauss, piqued by the Viennese successes of Jacques Offenbach, had already started working on an operetta, a project that fell through when it was discovered that his intended lead, Josefine Gallmeyer, was unavailable. Steiner then collaborated with Strauss on Indigo and the Forty Thieves, which premiered on 10 February 1871 and for which Steiner wrote the libretto. Strauss's second operetta, Die Fledermaus (1874) became a fixture of German-language theaters and has remained in the canon of operetta to this day. The initial production starred Geistinger as Rosalinde. Second and third"
"of Strauss' operettas are ""Die Fledermaus"", ""Eine Nacht in Venedig"", and ""Der Zigeunerbaron"". There are many dance pieces drawn from themes of his operettas, such as ""Cagliostro-Walzer"" Op. 370 (from ""Cagliostro in Wien""), ""O Schöner Mai"" Walzer Op. 375 (from ""Prinz Methusalem""), ""Rosen aus dem Süden"" Walzer Op. 388 (from ""Das Spitzentuch der Königin""), and ""Kuss-Walzer"" op. 400 (from ""Der lustige Krieg""), that have survived obscurity and become well-known. Strauss also wrote an opera, ""Ritter Pázmán"", and was in the middle of composing a ballet, ""Aschenbrödel"", when he died in 1899. Strauss was diagnosed with pleuropneumonia, and on June 3,"
"In the late nineteenth century, a new, lighter form of opera, operetta, became popular in Vienna. Operettas had immediately attractive tunes, comic (and often frivolous) plots and used spoken dialogue between the musical ""numbers"". Viennese operetta was inspired by the fashion for the French operettas of Jacques Offenbach. ""Der Pensionat"" (1860) by Franz von Suppé is generally regarded as the first important operetta in the German language, but by far the most famous example of the genre is ""Die Fledermaus"" (1874) by Johann Strauss. Franz Lehár's ""The Merry Widow"" (1905) was another massive hit. Other composers who worked in this"
"the bull-headed senior Strauss, and even his vanity renders him putty in the hands of the ladies"". Aside from the influence this film had on Hitchcock's other films, ""Waltzes from Vienna"" set the stage for Julien Duvivier’s Strauss biopic, ""The Great Waltz"" (1938), which maintains the character of the baker's daughter from the original stage musical while focusing on Johann Strauss II's revolutionary inclinations and the creation of his popular operetta, ""Die Fledermaus"". Waltzes from Vienna Waltzes from Vienna is a 1934 British musical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, also known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the"
"used as an insertion aria in the act 2 ball scene of Strauss' operetta ""Die Fledermaus"". The waltz makes a grand entry in the key of B-flat major with loud chords preceded with the waltz's three beats to the bar ushering the first waltz's gentle and swirling melody. The second waltz section, in E-flat major invokes the joys of spring with the flute imitating birdsong and a pastoral scene. The plaintive and dramatic third section in A-flat major and later in C minor probably suggests spring showers whereas the fourth section that follows breaks out from the pensive mood with"
"who became composers of light music as well, although they were never as well known as their elder brother. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include ""The Blue Danube"", ""Kaiser-Walzer"" (Emperor Waltz), ""Tales from the Vienna Woods"", and the ""Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka"". Among his operettas, ""Die Fledermaus"" and ""Der Zigeunerbaron"" are the best known. Although the name Strauss can be found in reference books frequently with ""ß"" (Strauß), Strauss himself wrote his name with a long ""s"" and a round ""s"" (Strauſs), which was a replacement form for the Fraktur-ß used in antique manuscripts. His family called him ""Schani"", derived from"
"Wiener Blut (waltz) 'Wiener Blut' is one of a handful of late works by Strauss that were not composed for the stage; at this point in his career he was concentrating on writing for the performing stage, and not for the ballroom, and had written at least 2 operettas before penning this waltz, with the famous Die Fledermaus still to come. The waltz begins with a high spirited melody in C major with references to later waltz sections briefly played. It is the gentle first waltz melody which is instantly recognisable, with lyrical grace and an enthusiasm not apparent in"
"In 2002 he won the position as an assistant in the Vienna State Opera, where he also conducted performances of ""Das Traumfresserchen"", ""Aladdin"" and ""Bastien und Bastienne"". He has prepared works for the Klangbogen Festival Vienna and the Salzburger Festspiele and was the conductor of the TU Orchester Wien, where he led novel orchestra concerts focusing on French and Classical repertoire. He was responsible for the demanding choruses in ""Moses und Aron"" by Arnold Schoenberg at the Vienna State Opera in March 2007. In 2008 he conducted performances of ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss at the Musik Theater Schönbrunn in"
"of Johann Strauss II's Overture of ""Die Fledermaus,"" with intro and outro making use of Franz Liszt's Les préludes. Tom walks onto the stage, ready to conduct a cat orchestra to the overture to ""Die Fledermaus."" Jerry emerges from his mouse hole and rushes to the podium to try to take over from Tom. Tom tries to whack Jerry with his baton, but Jerry continues to conduct the music from Tom's baton. Tom then stuffs Jerry into his suit, but Jerry pops out from Tom's sleeves. After Jerry pops out of Tom's dickie, Tom stretches Jerry on his baton and"
"operettas, as the operetta was an excellent means of familiarizing the ordinary citizen with the theater arts (""ausschließlich zur Aufführungsstätte von Operetten, weil… die Operette ein sehr wesentliches Mittel ist, um den Volksgenossen an die Theaterkunst heranzuführen""). In April 1937, the state of Bavaria became owner of the theatre. Plans to replace it with a new building were not realised, but the house was restored. The reopening of the only state operetta house in Germany on 20 November 1937 presented ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss, with Adolf Hitler in the audience. From 1938, Fritz Fischer was the intendant and Peter"
"""Don Giovanni"" (as Zerlina) with Lisa della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Walter Berry, Sazanne Danco and Josef Krips (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1955 (Decca) 3. Mozart: ""Die Zauberflöte"" (as Pamina) with Wilma Lipp, Leopold Simoneau, Kurt Boehme and Karl Böhm (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1955 (Decca) 4. Johann Strauss: ""Die Fledermaus"" (as Rosalinde) with Wilma Lipp, Anton Dermota, Julius Patzak and Clemens Krauss (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1950 (London Gramophone LLP 305, Decca, now only available in various ""public domain"" versions) 5. Johann Strauss: ""Die Fledermaus"""
"Adele's Laughing Song """", sometimes called ""Adele's Laughing Song"", is an aria for soprano with choral accompaniment from act 2 of the operetta ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss II. It appears in many anthologies of music for soprano singers, and is frequently performed in recitals. Adele, a chambermaid who has borrowed one of her mistress's gowns without permission, and gone to a party, also without permission, gets recognized there by her mistress's husband. She attempts to convince him that he is wrong by laughing scornfully at the idea that a glamorous woman like herself could possibly be a lowly chambermaid."
"Adele's Laughing Song """", sometimes called ""Adele's Laughing Song"", is an aria for soprano with choral accompaniment from act 2 of the operetta ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss II. It appears in many anthologies of music for soprano singers, and is frequently performed in recitals. Adele, a chambermaid who has borrowed one of her mistress's gowns without permission, and gone to a party, also without permission, gets recognized there by her mistress's husband. She attempts to convince him that he is wrong by laughing scornfully at the idea that a glamorous woman like herself could possibly be a lowly chambermaid."
"from the beginning of the 1970s he specialized in the genre of musical film, making the film ""Farewell to St. Petersburg"" about the stay of Johann Strauss II in Russia. Yan Frid received all-union recognition after ""Dog in the Manger"" hit the television screens, which was based on the play of Lope de Vega, with Mikhail Boyarsky Margarita Terekhova in the lead roles. Great success awaited Yan Frid with films ""Die Fledermaus"" (based on the operetta of Johann Strauss II) with Yuri and Vitaly Solomin, Lyudmila Maksakova; ""Silva"" (based on Emmerich Kálmán's operetta) with Ivar Kalninsh; ""Pious Marta"" (Tirso de"
"By Strauss ""By Strauss"" is a 1936 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It pays homage to the music of Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Strauss, Jr.. The singer sings how he doesn't like Broadway, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and - in a case of self-mockery - George Gershwin. Instead he wants to dance to waltzes by father and son Strauss. The lyrics namedrop three of Strauss's best known compositions, namely ""An der schönen blauen Donau"" (""Let the Danube flow along""), ""Die Fledermaus"" (""and the Fledermaus"") and ""Wein, Weib und Gesang"" (""Keep the wine"
"a collaboration with the Hamburg State Opera as a study project, the operetta ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss, for which he won numerous sponsors. He subsequently enrolled in the new university course for management culture. During his studies he worked as an opera singer at various theaters and concerts. He was also assistant director, including Hamburg and Stockholm, and brought five more of its own productions at studio theaters in Rostock and Detmold on the stage. In 1990 he received from Götz Friedrich he graduated as a director (musical theater), and three years later the diploma as a cultural manager"
"The Gypsy Baron The Gypsy Baron () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its libretto was by the author and in turn was based on ""Sáffi"" by Mór Jókai. During the composer's lifetime, the operetta enjoyed great success, second only to the popularity of ""Die Fledermaus"". The scoring and the nature of Strauss's music have also led many music critics to consider this work a comic opera or a lyric opera. Its genesis was rather swift and smooth, as Strauss was no stranger to"
"a truly happy ending. Notes Sources The Gypsy Baron The Gypsy Baron () is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II which premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 24 October 1885. Its libretto was by the author and in turn was based on ""Sáffi"" by Mór Jókai. During the composer's lifetime, the operetta enjoyed great success, second only to the popularity of ""Die Fledermaus"". The scoring and the nature of Strauss's music have also led many music critics to consider this work a comic opera or a lyric opera. Its genesis was rather swift and smooth,"
"Wo die Zitronen blühen """" (""Where the Lemons Blossom"", or ""Where the Citrons Bloom""), Op. 364, is a Waltz by Johann Strauss II written in 1874. The waltz was composed during a tour of the composer in Italy where he travelled with the Langenbach Orchestra of Germany and performed the work at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 9 May 1874. The waltz came after a successful premiere of his famous operetta ""Die Fledermaus"" and Strauss originally entitled the waltz as ""Bella Italia"" (Beautiful Italy) for his Italian audiences before renaming it """" after a quote from Johann Wolfgang von"
"Simplicius (operetta) Simplicius is an operetta by Johann Strauss II. It was conceived from the work of HJC von Grimmelhausen titled ""Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus"" or simply ""Adventurous Simplicissimus"", which was opined by many to be the 17th century's greatest German novel. The libretto for this work was furnished by Victor Léon who was one of Vienna's promising talents of that era, with music by Johann Strauss II. The operetta received its premiere at the Theater an der Wien on 17 December 1887 and was nearly marred by a false fire alert in the theatre. The audience of the first night"
"in the first public performance of Strauss’s ""Die Liebe der Danae"" (1952). She also appeared at the 1940 Salzburg Festival in an operetta concert. In 1940, she was supposed to appear in several roles at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, but the events of World War II made this impossible. After World War II, Réthy became a highly lauded performer in operettas, beginning with a triumphant portrayal of Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's ""Die Fledermaus"" under the baton of Herbert von Karajan at the Vienna State Opera. From 1948 she sang frequently at the Vienna Volksoper in the"
"Illustrationen Accordingly, the waltz was intended to instill the dancing mood for the many luminaries who graced the event like then Mayor of Vienna Cajetan Freiherr von Felder, the Director of Police, the Privy Councillor von Strobach and many other distinguished guests of the banking, diplomatic and political fields. Strauss' work belonged to the period of finest creativity with 'The Blue Danube' waltz op. 314 success behind him and with the Wein, Weib und Gesang waltz and the operetta Die Fledermaus still to come. Strauss' waltz begins with attention-seeking chords on the strings which transcends into a quiet passage which"
"Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son (), Johann Baptist Strauss, son of Johann Strauss I, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as ""The Waltz King"", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Strauss had two younger brothers, Josef and Eduard Strauss,"
"National Opera, where his roles have included Turridu (""Cavalleria rusticana"") and ""Le comte Ory""; Opera North, where his roles have included Vana (""Katya Kabanova""), Pedrillo (""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"") and Nemorino (""L'elisir d'amore""); and Scottish Opera, where his roles have included Jack (""The Midsummer Marriage""), Narraboth (""Salome"") and Loge (""Das Rheingold""). For Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bonaventura Bottone has sung Alfed (""Die Fledermaus""), and the Italian Tenor (""Capriccio"") Tzar Berendey (Snow Maiden). Bonaventura Bottone's European engagements include: ""Die Fledermaus"" (Alfred) at the Opéra National de Paris Bastille; ""Der Rosenkavalier"" (Italian Singer) and ""Die Fledermaus"" (Alfred) at the Bayerische Staatsoper München;"