Jump to content

Das Veilchen vom Montmartre

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Emmerich Kálmán

Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (The Violet of Montmartre) is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. The libretto was written by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna at the Johann Strauss Theater on 21 March 1930.[1]

Roles

[edit]
Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 21 March 1930
Conductor: Josef Holzer [de]
Ninon soprano Adele Kern
Pipo de Frascatti tenor Richard Waldemar [de]
Raoul Delacroix lyric tenor Ernst Tautenhayn [de]
Henri Murger baritone Walter Jankuhn
Florimond Hervé tenor Robert Nästelberger
Violetta Cavallini soprano Anny Ahlers

A Kiss in Spring

[edit]

For the 1932 performances at the Alhambra Theatre in London the title was changed to A Kiss in Spring and the score was re-worked and supplemented by Herbert Griffiths (who had previously worked on the English adaption of Walzer aus Wien). There were additional orchestrations by a distinguished set of musicians: Constant Lambert, Arthur Wood, Alfred Reynolds and Walford Hyden. The choreography was by Frederick Ashton and the dancers included a young Alicia Markova as well as Harold Turner, Walter Gore and Prudence Hyman. [2][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Das Veilchen vom Montmartre, 21 March 1930". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ A Kiss in Spring, the Frederick Ashton Foundation
  3. ^ "A talent for light music". Musicb3.wordpress.com. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
[edit]