Which operetta, first performed in 1874, features the character 'Gabriel von Eisenstein', who is given a prison sentence for insulting an official, and is then conspired against by, amongst others, a notary called 'Dr. Falke'?
"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"
"Eisenstein was originally written for a tenor, but is nowadays frequently sung by a baritone. The role of Orlofsky is a trouser role, usually performed by a mezzo-soprano, sometimes by a countertenor and occasionally – an octave lower – by a tenor. The party of Act II allows productions to insert a variety of additional entertainment acts, such as music, comedy, or dance. The lengthy drunken soliloquy by Frosch (a comedy speaking role) in Act III also permits variety in performance. Eisenstein's apartment Gabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese man-about-town, has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting an"
"which Eisenstein played on Falke a few years ago, for which Falke is secretly planning a light-hearted revenge in kind. Eisenstein bids farewell to Adele and his wife Rosalinde, pretending he is going to prison (Trio: ""O Gott, wie rührt mich dies!""/""Oh dear, oh dear, how sorry I am"") but really intending to postpone jail for one day and have fun at the ball. After Eisenstein leaves, Rosalinde is visited by her former lover, the singing teacher Alfred, who serenades her (""Täubchen, das entflattert ist""/""Dove that has escaped""). Frank, the governor of the prison, arrives to take Eisenstein to jail,"
"official, partially due to the incompetence of his attorney, Dr. Blind. Adele, Eisenstein's maid, receives a forged letter, purportedly from her sister who is in the company of the ballet, but actually written by Falke, inviting her to Prince Orlofsky's ball. She pretends the letter says that her aunt is very sick, and asks her mistress Rosalinde (Eisenstein's wife) for an evening off (""Da schreibt meine Schwester Ida""/""My sister Ida writes to me""). Falke, Eisenstein's friend, arrives to invite him to the ball (Duet: ""Kommt mit mir zum Souper""/""Come with me to the souper""). Together, they recall a practical joke"
"brought in. Rosine embraces him, drinks poison, and dies by his side. Ferraud laments that she did not even bother to look at him. Oberst Chabert Oberst Chabert is an opera (described by the composer as a ""musical tragedy in three acts"") by Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen, loosely adapted by the composer from the novel ""Colonel Chabert"" by Honoré de Balzac. Waltershausen completed the score in 1911, and the opera was given its premiere at Frankfurt am Main on 18 January 1912. The premiere was a success, and the opera was performed two months later at the in Berlin. In"
"Wallack, the opera premiered at Drury Lane, but it was not successful, and closed after only a few performances. Hermann Goetz' ""Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung"" (1874), with libretto by Joseph Viktor Widmann, is a comic opera, which focuses on the Bianca subplot, and cuts back the taming story. It was first performed at the original National Theatre Mannheim. John Kendrick Bangs' ""Katherine: A Travesty"" (1888) is a Gilbert and Sullivan-style parody operetta which premiered in the Metropolitan Opera. Spyridon Samaras' ""La furia domata: commedia musicale in tre atti"" (1895) is a now lost lyric comedy with libretto by Enrico Annibale Butti"
"Falka escapes from her tower only to be recaptured and led before her uncle. The Governor admires her spirit and pardons her, just as the notice from the Emperor arrives allowing Folbach to make his niece his heiress, settling the succession in the female bloodline. All are pleased except, perhaps, Tancred. Le droit d'aînesse Le droit d'aînesse (""The Birthright"") is an opéra bouffe, a form of operetta, in three acts by Francis Chassaigne with a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. It premiered in Paris in 1883. An English-language version titled Falka (after the name of the principal"
"until 1846 (thirteen years after the author's death) did the relaxation of censorship enable a performance in Berlin; for this King Frederick William IV commissioned Meyerbeer to provide an overture and incidental music. Beer's poetic output includes a series of 'Elegies' written in Italy, a protest at the injustice of criminal sentencing (""Im Gerichtssaal""), and a satirical poem on the paradoxes of extreme religiosity (""Der fromme Rabbi""). Beer's personality is known mainly through his correspondence with his family and with the playwright Karl Leberecht Immermann. Beer spent many of his last years in Paris where he was acquainted with Heinrich"
"Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein is an 1823 play in three acts by Richard Brinsley Peake based on the novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" by Mary Shelley. It is the first recorded theatrical adaptation of the novel and had 37 performances during its original run. It was revived at the English Opera House until at least 1850. The play marks the first recorded appearance of Frankenstein's servile assistant character, who is known commonly in pop culture as Igor. Here, the character is named 'Fritz', just as he is named in the 1931"
"were made in 1962 by Hans Hollmann and in 1972 by Wolfgang Liebeneiner. Gasparone Gasparone is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The libretto was later revised by Ernst Steffan and . An amusing feature of the work is that the title character never appears and acts as a scapegoat upon which all the misdeeds in Syracuse, Sicily, can be blamed. The opera had its premiere on January 26, 1884, at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna. It was subsequently given in Berlin at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater on"
"career as an actress, but Frank is not wealthy enough to do this (Melodrama; Couplet of Adele: ""Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande""/""If I play the innocent peasant maid""). Meanwhile, Alfred asks Frosch to summon Dr. Blind to help get him released; Frank agrees to allow this and Dr. Blind arrives. Eisenstein enters and says he has come to serve his sentence. He is surprised when Frank tells him that his cell is already occupied by a man who claims to be Eisenstein and whom Frank had arrested in Eisenstein's apartment. Frank further tells Eisenstein that the man he arrested"
"(Ballenstedt, 1785), also Johann Friedrich Reichardt (Berlin, 1793) who based his work on a later revised text by Goethe. Othmar Schoeck's songs and incidental music to the play premiered in 1915. The opera was first performed privately in Frankfurt in May 1775. A public production by the Döbbelin Company appeared in Berlin at the on 17 July 1775. Elmire is distressed because she believes her cold behaviour towards Erwin has caused him to run away. Bernardo, Elmire’s tutor, persuades her to meet an old hermit in a secluded valley. The hermit is really Erwin in disguise. Erwin und Elmire (André)"
"her troupe of dancers for a burlesque. She returned the next year on February 14. Thompson performed again on the 24th with Pauline Markham; after a particularly foul review by Wilbur F. Storey in the ""Chicago Times"", Thompson and Markham assaulted Storey in the street. Four were arrested and the trial made headlines. In April 1870, the Germania Männerchor gave three performances of ""The Magic Flute"". In May, they exhibited ""Stradella"". In November, Marie Seebach presented ""Marie Stuart"" and ""Faust"". Christina Nilsson sang three concerts in December 1870. Starting on December 28 and continuing for over a month, notorious businessman"
"La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"") is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is a satirical critique of unthinking militarism and concerns a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way. The opera premiered in Paris in 1867 and starred Hortense Schneider in the title role. Thereafter, it was heard in New York, London and elsewhere, and it is still performed and recorded."
"the popular nickname for Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860) when he was King of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813. König Jérôme König Jérôme oder Immer Lustick is a comic operetta in five acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer with the text by Adolf Schirmer (1810–1886). Its first performance was at the Ringtheater in Vienna on 28 November 1878 with Ziehrer himself directing the theatre orchestra. The operetta was only of mediocre popularity and its fate was sealed when the Ringtheatre inferno happened in 1881 which destroyed large parts of the orchestral score. Of the entire score, the only pieces which survived were the"
"(with ballets choreographed by Marius Petipa) caused a scandal; most of the French critics and audience disliked both the music and personality of Wagner, who was present in the theatre. Each performance was greeted with whistles and jeers from the first notes of overture; after three performances, the opera was pulled from the repertoire. Wagner got his revenge. In February 1871, he wrote a poem, ""To the German Army before Paris"", celebrating the German siege of the city, which he sent to German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck wrote back to Wagner, ""you too have overcome the resistance of the"
"Gasparone Gasparone is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker to a German libretto by Friedrich Zell and Richard Genée. The libretto was later revised by Ernst Steffan and . An amusing feature of the work is that the title character never appears and acts as a scapegoat upon which all the misdeeds in Syracuse, Sicily, can be blamed. The opera had its premiere on January 26, 1884, at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna. It was subsequently given in Berlin at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater on September 26, 1884, and in New York City in German at the Thalia"
"von Einem and his teacher, composer Boris Blacher. The protagonist is Georges Danton, a leader in the French government during the Revolution. When he turned against Robespierre's tactics—including terror—he was guillotined in April 1794. The opera's first act establishes Danton's confrontation with Robespierre. In the first scene Danton and Camille Desmoulins express their desire for an end of the daily executions to a group of their friends playing cards. Scene two introduces the volatile crowd. Robespierre enters and in an aria sways the crowd and promises more executions. Danton confronts him. After Danton leaves, Robespierre and his colleague Saint-Just decide"
"Ringtheater The Ringtheater was a popular theater in Vienna, Austria. In 1881, it was destroyed in the Ringtheater fire that killed 449 people. The site now houses the federal headquarters of police for Vienna. The Ringtheater was built between 1872 and 1874 by Heinrich von Förster, following plans by Emil Ritter. It opened on January 17, 1874, under the direction of Albin Swoboda, Sr. as an 'Opéra Comique', antithetical to the ""seriousness"" of the Vienna State Opera, then called the Court Opera ('Hofoper'). However, in September 1878, the focus was shifted to spoken plays, German and Italian opera and variety,"
"were: Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein is an 1823 play in three acts by Richard Brinsley Peake based on the novel ""Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus"" by Mary Shelley. It is the first recorded theatrical adaptation of the novel and had 37 performances during its original run. It was revived at the English Opera House until at least 1850. The play marks the first recorded appearance of Frankenstein's servile assistant character, who is known commonly in pop culture as Igor. Here, the character is named 'Fritz', just as he is named in the"
"describes as ""a substantial (and glorious) Act 2 finale"". La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"") is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is a satirical critique of unthinking militarism and concerns a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way. The opera premiered in Paris in 1867 and starred Hortense Schneider in the title role. Thereafter, it was heard in New York, London"
"the stylistic closeness of his music to the proscribed Kurt Weill. He managed to gain the friendship and esteem of Baldur von Schirach and his works were performed by Karl Böhm and Herbert von Karajan. However, the success of his opera ""Der Günstling"" (after Georg Büchner, Dresden, February 20, 1935) was followed by doubts regarding his subsequent output, ending in a scandal with his opera ""Johanna Balk"" at the Vienna State Opera (April 4, 1941), which aroused the ire of Joseph Goebbels. As punishment, Wagner-Regény was drafted into the military in 1942 (or 1943), though he managed to secure a"
"friend Franz von Schober). In 1823, ""Fierrabras"" (D 796) was rejected: Domenico Barbaia, impresario for the court theatres, largely lost interest in new German opera due to the popularity of Rossini and the Italian operatic style, and the failure of Carl Maria von Weber's ""Euryanthe"". ""Die Verschworenen"" (""The Conspirators"", D 787) was prohibited by the censor (apparently on the grounds of its title), and ""Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern"" (D 797) was withdrawn after two nights, owing to the poor quality of the play for which Schubert had written incidental music. Despite his operatic failures, Schubert's reputation was growing steadily on"
"Seconda, and the next day he was given notice of twelve weeks. When asked to accompany them on their journey to Dresden in April, he refused, and they left without him. But during July his friend Hippel visited, and soon he found himself being guided back into his old career as a jurist. At the end of September 1814, in the wake of Napoleon's defeat, Hoffmann returned to Berlin and succeeded in regaining a job at the ""Kammergericht"", the chamber court. His opera ""Undine"" was performed by the Berlin Theatre. Its successful run came to an end only after a"
"""Der Talisman"". Although Engelbert Humperdinck was dissatisfied with his first concert setting of ""Königskinder"" in 1897, an avant-garde melodrama which demanded an innovative ""speak-singing"" technique from its soloists (despite production challenges, it nevertheless enjoyed over 120 performances across Europe), he persuaded Bernstein, in 1907 to authorize a traditional opera setting which debuted in German at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in December 1910. That version is still performed. Almost certainly at the instigation of Winifred Wagner, Bernstein was awarded an exit visa for the United States in 1941, but refused to leave her sister Gabriele behind (who as Elsa"
"productions followed in 1875 and 1876. The latter is notable for introducing, as Dr. Falke, Alexander Girardi, who stayed with the Theater's company for twenty two years and was a central figure in many successful operetta productions. Steiner organized a playwright's guild, staged yearly benefit shows, and at the time of his death was one of the most popular figures in Vienna. He had two sons: Franz Steiner, who took over his functions in the theater in 1880 and remained until 1884; and Gabor Steiner, who also became a theater manager and operator of a music hall. Gabor's son was"
"2008. All music by Bernstein, and lyrics by Richard Wilbur unless noted otherwise Act 1 Scene 1: Westphalia Scene 1A: Candide Travels to Lisbon Scene 2: Lisbon Scene 2A: Candide Travels to Paris Scene 3: Paris Scene 3A: They Travel to Buenos Aires Scene 4: Buenos Aires Act 2 Entr'acte – Orchestra Scene 1: Buenos Aires Scene 2: Venice Scene 3: Westphalia Bernstein's ""final revised version"", recorded in 1989: Act 1 Act 2 Candide (operetta) Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first"
"her husband's apparent willingness to cheat on her on her wedding day and breaks out in tears. Horst then ends the cruel play and reveals that he has seen through her disguise - echoes of Susanna and Figaro in act IV. Der goldene Pierrot Der goldene Pierrot (""The Golden Pierrot"") is an operetta in eight scenes by Walter Goetze to a libretto by Oskar Felix and Otto Kleinert. It premiered on 31 March 1934 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. Time and place: A large city by the Rhine, the present<br> It is the Karneval season, and the Council"
"Der Thurm zu Babel Der Thurm zu Babel (""The Tower of Babel"") is a one-act 'sacred opera' by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Julius Rosenberg based on the story in the Book of Genesis, chapter II. The opera was written in 1869 and had its first performance in Königsberg on 9 February 1870. The term 'sacred opera' (""geistliche Oper"" in German) was invented by Rubinstein to denote staged works with ""use of polyphonic choruses and a sober, edifying style relying on ‘exalted declamation’."" Rubinstein composed three other works of this type (""Sulamith"", ""Moses"" and ""Christus)"". A fifth sacred opera,"
"König Jérôme König Jérôme oder Immer Lustick is a comic operetta in five acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer with the text by Adolf Schirmer (1810–1886). Its first performance was at the Ringtheater in Vienna on 28 November 1878 with Ziehrer himself directing the theatre orchestra. The operetta was only of mediocre popularity and its fate was sealed when the Ringtheatre inferno happened in 1881 which destroyed large parts of the orchestral score. Of the entire score, the only pieces which survived were the Overture, the piano excerpts as well as the aria ""Verliebt"" (In Love). ""König Lustig"" (or ""Lustik""/""Lustick""/""Lustigk"") was"
"for the stage. Styled ""a tragic Singspiel"", it was staged on 23 October 1781 at the ""Nationalhoftheater"", as the emperor Joseph II had had the ""Burgtheater"" renamed after dismissing the Italian singers and their orchestra in 1776 and installing German actors in the theatre. When the meagre results achieved by the new Singspiel programmes led the emperor to back down, getting an Italian opera buffa company recruited again and engaging Lorenzo Da Ponte as his theatre poet, the latter was charged to prepare an Italian translation of Gluck's opera, which was staged in the restored ""Burgtheater"", on 14 December 1783."
"symphonic poem ""The Tempest"" (1876), Benjamin Dale's overture (1902), Arthur Honegger's orchestral prelude (1923), Felix Weingartner's overture ""Der Sturm"", Heorhiy Maiboroda's overture, and Egon Wellesz's ""Prosperos Beschwörungen"" (five works 1934–36). Ballet sequences have been used in many performances of the play since Restoration times. A one-act ballet of ""The Tempest"" by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky was premiered by American Ballet Theatre set to the incidental music of Jean Sibelius on 30 October 2013 in New York City. Ludwig van Beethoven's 1802 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was given the subtitle ""The Tempest"" some time after"
"Frankenburger Würfelspiel The Frankenburger Würfelspiel (Frankenburg Dice Game) is a Thingspiel (a Nazi-era multi-disciplinary open-air drama) by Eberhard Wolfgang Möller based on the historical event of the same name in Frankenburg am Hausruck, Upper Austria. It received its première in Berlin in association with the 1936 Summer Olympics and the inauguration of the Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne, the Berlin ""Thingstätte"" which is now the Waldbühne (Forest Stage), and was the most successful Thingspiel. In May 1625, during the Counter-Reformation, Baron von Herberstorff, Governor of Upper Austria and acting on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, tried to forcibly reintroduce Catholicism in"