Walzer aus Wien

{{Short description|Opera}} {{italic title}} '''''Walzer aus Wien''''' ("Waltzes from Vienna," titled ''The Great Waltz'' in English) is a [[singspiel]] [[pasticcio]] in three acts, libretto by [[Alfred Maria Willner]], {{Interlanguage link|Heinz Reichert|de}} and [[Ernst Marischka]], music by [[Johann Strauss I]] (father) and [[Johann Strauss II]] (son), arranged by [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]] and [[Julius Bittner]], first performed at the [[Wiener Stadttheater|Stadttheater]] in [[Vienna]] on 30 October 1930.<ref>[https://www.theatermuseum.at/online-sammlung/detail/1196213/ ''Walzer aus Wien'', Theatermuseum, Wien]</ref>

==French and English versions== The libretto was translated into French by [[André Mouëzy-Éon]] and Jean Marietti, and first performed, under the title ''Valses de Vienne'' at the [[Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin]] in [[Paris]] on 21 December 1933.

An English [[musical theatre]] adaptation called ''Walzes from Vienna'' (with additional music arranged by [[Herbert Griffiths]]), played in London at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1931 with a cast led by [[Evelyn Herbert]].<ref>{{cite news|title=EVELYN HERBERT, the leading lady in ''Waltzes from Vienna'' at the Alhambra|work=[[The Era (newspaper)|The Era]]|date=November 18, 1931|volume=95|number=4859|page=12}}</ref> As ''[[The Great Waltz (musical)|The Great Waltz]]'' it also played on Broadway in 1934, and there was another English version produced in London in 1970.<ref>Derek B Scott. ''German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900-1940'' (2019), p. 58</ref>

== Roles == {|class="wikitable" !Role !Voice type !Premiere Cast, 30 October 1930 <br />(Conductor:) |- |Resi |[[soprano]] |Paula Brosig |- |[[Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss Jr]] |[[baritone]] |[[Hubert Marischka]] |- |Countess Olga |soprano |{{Interlanguage link|Betty Fischer|de}} |- |[[Johann Strauss I|Johann Strauss Sr]] |spoken |{{Interlanguage link|Willy Thaller|de}} |- |Frau Kratochwill |soprano |[[Mizzi Zwerenz]] |- |Prince Gogol |[[tenor]] |[[Ludwig Herold]] |- |Leopold |tenor |Karl Göttler |- |Ebeseder |tenor |[[Fritz Imhoff]] |- |}

== Synopsis == The action takes place in Vienna around 1845, and relates the rivalry between the Strausses, father and son, and the love of the young Resi for Strauss Jr., but with the help of a Russian Countess, father and son are reconciled and love triumphs.

== Discography == * ''Valses de Vienne'' - Thérèse Schmidt, Aimé Doniat, [[Lina Dachary]], Rosine Brédy, Jean-Louis Simon - Chorus and Orchestra, [[Jean-Claude Hartemann]] - Véga (1962) * ''Valses de Vienne'' - [[Mady Mesplé]], [[Bernard Sinclair]], Christiane Stutzmann, [[Pierre Bertin]] - Choeurs René Duclos, Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, [[Jean Doussard]] - [[EMI]] (1971)

== Film == *''[[Waltzes from Vienna]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] (UK, 1934)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Sources == * {{Almanacco| match=Walzer aus Wien}} *Gänzl, Kurt (1992), 'Walzer aus Wien' in ''The [[New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London) {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}} * ''L'opéra'', Pierre Brunel & Stéphane Wolff, (Bordas,1980) {{ISBN|2-04-016367-0}}'

== External links ==

[[Category:Singspiele]] [[Category:Operas]] [[Category:1930 operas]] [[Category:German-language operas]]