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

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

A Kiss in Spring

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

  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.
  • Work details, Josef Weinberger Publishers
  • Clips from a performance at the Moscow Operetta Theatre
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