Heinz Hentschke (born 20 February 1895 in

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; died 3 July 1970 in Berlin) was an actor, director and librettist of German-language

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

s. Hentschke started out as a theatrical actor working mainly in Berlin,

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, and Hamburg. He was the director of the Lessing Theatre in Berlin from 1934 to 1944. During this time, he wrote the librettos for 14 grand operettas, among which were ''

Maske in Blau '' Maske in Blau'' (''Mask in Blue'') is a grand operetta in two parts (six scenes) with music by Fred Raymond to a libretto by Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn. The work had its premiere under Werner Schmidt-Boelke on 27 September 1937 at ...

''. Most of his works were under direct supervision by, and had to be approved by Josef Goebbels' cultural office of the Nazi party during Adolf Hitler's regime, and therefore were considered "tainted" after World War II.

Librettos

*''Lauf ins Glück'' (1934, music by

Fred Raymond Fred Raymond aka Raimund Friedrich Vesely (20 April 1900 – 10 January 1954) was an Austrian composer. Raymond, born in Vienna, was the third child (after two daughters) of Vinzenz Vesely, an employee of the Austrian state railway system, ...

) *''Ball der Nationen'' (1935, music by

) *''Auf großer Fahrt'' (1936, music by

) *''

'' (1937, music by

) *' (1938, music by

Ludwig Schmidseder Ludwig Schmidseder (24 August 1904, in Passau – 21 June 1971, in Munich) was a German composer and pianist of the "Light Muse". Several of his Schlager compositions are still popular tunes today. The young Schmidseder followed his father's wi ...

) *' (1939, music by

) *''Der arme Jonathan'' (1939, rewriting of an 1890 operetta by

Carl Millöcker Carl (or Karl) Joseph Millöcker ( – ), was an Austrian composer of operettas and a conductor. __NOTOC__ He was born in Vienna, where he studied the flute at the Vienna Conservatory. While holding various conducting posts in the city, h ...

) *' (1940, music by

) *''

Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies ''Wedding Night in Paradise'' (German: ''Hochzeitsnacht im Paradis'') is an operetta in eight scenes. Book by Heinz Hentschke, lyrics by Gunther Schwenn and music by Friedrich Schröder.Meyer-Dinkgrafe p.22 It was premièred in Berlin at the Metro ...

'' (1942, music by Friedrich Schröder) *''Der goldene Käfig'' (1943, music by

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) *''Die rote Isabell'' (1951, music by Siegfried Ulbrich)

Filmography

*'' Mask in Blue'', directed by Paul Martin (1943) *'' Wedding Night In Paradise'', directed by

Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Aust ...

(1950) *'' Mask in Blue'', directed by Georg Jacoby (1953) *''Ball der Nationen'', directed by Karl Ritter (1954) *'' Wedding Night In Paradise'', directed by Paul Martin (1962)

References

1895 births 1970 deaths Writers from Berlin Male actors from Berlin Operetta librettists German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German male writers {{Germany-playwright-stub