One of the most famous overtures ever written, this delig. Heesters attended the cinematic rerelease of this film last december. It is based on johann strauss iis 1874 work of the same name. A standard of the repertoire, it is frequently produced on new years eve in a special allstar gala performance by the esteemed metropolitan opera. Strauss iis famous piece the blue danube, is part of the film score to 2001. Performed by the royal opera with an amazing performance by the legendary kiri te. Unlike other editions, it includes the finales for the first and third act and the opening of the second act, as intended by strauss. Fulham opera, noted in recent years for their serious and compelling wagner and verdi output, are also not shy of comedy as demonstrated by their very successful falstaff. Among johann strauss most famous overtures, this delightful selection abounds with memorable melodies that your audience will surely recognize, and the shifts. It is curious then, that the piece considered the epitome of viennese operetta is not at all representative of contemporaneous works in the genre. Reproduced from a copyists manuscript, extracted from the cranz opera full score. The overture starts with a threenote motif, heard in the act iii trio of rosalinde, eisenstein her husband, and alfred her lover, who, mistaken for eisenstein, has been put in jail. Fledermaus entry in encyclopedia of the musical theatre includes complete. It is a studio production, with, i think, dubbed soundtrack from the same singers.
The new years eve 1983 royal opera house, covent garden performance conducted by placido domingo. This 1962 film was incredibly disappointing, and in my mind only the awful and downright distasteful 2001 salzburg production was worse. Rosalinde gundula janowitz eisenstein eberhard wachter adele renate holm frank erich kunz prinz orlofsky wolfgang windgassen. Sometimes always never triple word score the grizzlies. Following the universal success of his dance music, johann strauss turned his attention to operetta. This volume, reproduced from an authoritative german edition, contains the complete vocal score with. And to complete the setup, the guests are eager to hear falkes account of. Thanks to its vibrant score, fledermaus is one of very few viennese operettas. Strauss, johann ii, carlos kleiber, bayerisches staatsorchester munchen, benno kusche, bernd weikl, hermann prey. When you plan an act of revenge against your friends for what they did to you while you was in a state of drunkenness. When the rock went hollywood and movie stars still ruled. Letuchaya mysh is a 1979 soviet twopart operetta film directed by yan frid. That there still is a complete movie we owe thanks to editor alice ludwig who saved the reels by her bare hands climbing the bombed ruins of babelsberg studios and.
Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs. So said french composer jacques offenbach to his austrian counterpart, at a. A classical musical comedy based on the johann strauss composition first performed in 1874. Sheet music is available for alto saxophone, baritone horn, baritone saxophone and 18 others with 2 scorings in 3 genres. Most of them work for a living, in whitecollar professions. Individual parts and sets do not come with covers and are normally saddlestitched or sewn. A list of the top opera music composers and their compositions. Almost the complete score fritz wunderlich, antonia fahberg, rita bartos, rudolf franck, franz fehringer, heinzmaria lint. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. Piano, vocal sheet music book by johann strauss jr. All kalmus orchestra library items except study scores and vocal scores are largeformat either 10x or 9x12 inches printed on highquality offset stock.
This sparkling masterpiece, one of the finest musical efforts by the celebrated waltz king, premiered to instant acclaim on the viennese stage in 1874. Johann strauss ii october 25, 1825 june 3, 1899, also known as johann baptist strauss or johann strauss, jr. Placido domingo conducts this stunning rendition of johann strauss opera. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It is the bestknown stage work by strauss, whose fame rested mainly on his ballroom dance. The bat operetta by the austrian composer johann strauss the younger german libretto by carl or karl haffner and richard genee that premiered in vienna on april 5, 1874. But no other opera has as much fun with revenge as johann strauss, jr. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central. Notes reproduced from a copyists manuscript, extracted from the cranz opera full score. The movie was shot in the royal opera house at covent garden. Doctor falke, the bat announces his revenge is complete.
Kiri te kanawa rosalinde, hildegarde heichele adele, herman prey eisenstein, doris soffel. The german tvchannel ard will premiere the restored version of this film on 14th december 2003, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of this movies leading actor johannes heesters. Rot to provide a more complete and reliable copy of the score. Sohn, was an austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. If justicewhether delayed, denied, or fulfilledis the theme for this years cincinnati opera season, another underlying motif for all these works is revenge, which can hardly be deemed justice.