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in three acts by Emmerich Kálmán. The piece was Kalman's first operetta and a hit throughout Europe and America. The first version, in Hungarian, ''Tatárjárás'', with

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, premiered at the Vígszinház in Budapest on 22 February 1908. The German (language), German version, ''Ein Herbstmanöver'', with libretto by K. von Bakonyi and Robert Bodanzky, premiered in Vienna on 22 January 1909. It was so popular that it prompted Kalman to move to Vienna.

English adaptations

Its New York City, New York premiere, as ''The Gay Hussars'', adapted by Maurice Brown Kirby with lyrics by Grant Stewart, was at the Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway), Knickerbocker Theatre on 29 July 1909 with W. H. Denny. Another English adaptation played in London as ''Autumn Manoeuvres'', opening in 1912 at the Adelphi Theatre with Robert Evett. The piece then toured in Britain.

Roles

Selected recordings

A version of ''Autumn Manoeuvers'' was recorded in 2003 by Ohio Light Opera.

References

* , accessed 7 May 2019 *Ganzl, Kurt, ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'', 2nd Ed., New York, Schirmer Books (2001), p. 1050.
A survey of Kalman operettas

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