''Endlich allein'' (''Alone at Last'') is an
operetta by composer
Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár ( ; hu, Lehár Ferenc ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is ''The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe'').
Life a ...
. It uses a German language
libretto by
A. M. Willner and
Robert Bodanzky
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. It premiered on 30 January 1914 at the
Theater an der Wien
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.
It was revised, with a text by and
Fritz Löhner-Beda
Fritz Löhner-Beda (24 June 1883 – 4 December 1942), born Bedřich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer. Once nearly forgotten, many of his songs and tunes remain popular today. He was murdered in Auschwitz III Monowitz concen ...
, under the name ''Schön ist die Welt'' and given on 3 December 1930 at the
Metropol Theater in
Berlin
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.
Endlich allein at guidetomusicaltheatre.com
/ref> The stars were Gitta Alpar and 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 recorded several excerpts for the Odeon Records
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History
Straus a ...
company.
Roles
Recordings
Lehár: ''Schön ist die Welt'', Munich Radio Orchestra
*Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
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Born in Eschenhausen, Lower Saxony, Schirmer studied at the Bremen Conservatory, and also at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, with György Ligeti, Christ ...
*Principal singers: Elena Mosuc, Isabella Stettner, Masako Goda, Andreas Hirtreiter, Roland Kandlbinder
*Recording date: 2004
*Label: CPO Records 777 055-2 (CD)
References
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1914 operas
German-language operettas
Operas by Franz Lehár
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