''Der Kuhreigen'' (; "The Cow
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") is an
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or
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in three acts by the
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composer
Wilhelm Kienzl
Wilhelm Kienzl (17 January 1857 – 3 October 1941) was an Austrian composer.
Biography
Kienzl was born in the small, picturesque Upper Austrian town of Waizenkirchen. His family moved to the Styrian capital of Graz in 1860, where he studied ...
. The
libretto, by
Richard Batka, is after
Rudolf Hans Bartsch's novel ''Die kleine Blanchefleur''. It was first performed at the Volksoper in
Vienna
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on 23 November 1911.
Roles
Synopsis
Set in revolutionary France, this is the love story of the Swiss Sergeant Primus Thaller, condemned for singing the banned Swiss 'Kuhreigen' folksong, and Blanchefleur, wife of the Marquis Massimelle, who saves him and then herself becomes a victim of the revolution.
Recordings
March 27, 1952, Conductor: Wilhelm Loibner;
Walter Berry,
Otto Wiener,
Anny Felbermayer
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, Leo Heppe, Dagmar Hermann, Fritz Sperlbauer, Erich Kaufmann, Josef Knapp, and Ruthilde Boesch. Tonkünstlerchor und Großes Orchester der RAVAG, Wien, 1951. MYTO Historical Line 2CD 00275
Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.
Early life
Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and an actress who played soubrette roles at the local theat ...
, who was a favorite of the composer, recorded the two main tenor arias twice for
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History
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, firstly in April 1920 by the acoustic process, and again in September 1931 electrically. Both are now on CD.
Sources
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*''Melitz: Führer durch die Opern” (Berlin 1920), translated by Andreas Praefcke''
External links
Page at Andreas-Praefcke.de, accessed 16 June 2009
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Operas by Wilhelm Kienzl
1911 operas
Operas set in France
German-language operas
Operas
Operas based on novels
Operas set in the French Revolution