''Prinz Methusalem'' (''Prince Methusalem'') is an
operetta written by
Johann Strauss II to a
libretto by
Karl Treumann, after Victor Wilder and
Alfred Delacour
Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
Biography
In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...
. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in
Vienna
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at the
Carltheater
The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 (at that time called Jägerzeile).
It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had ...
. It achieved a run of eighty performances.
The
pot-pourri overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.
Roles
References
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Operas by Johann Strauss II
German-language operettas
1877 operas
Operas