Everything speaks of Charpillon

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Work data
Title: Everything speaks of Charpillon
Shape: operetta
Original language: German
Music: Igo Hofstetter
Libretto : Carl Hans Watzinger
Premiere: 4th May 1968
Place of premiere: Linz

Everything speaks of Charpillon is an operetta in three acts (four pictures) with music by Igo Hofstetter and the libretto by Carl Hans Watzinger . The work had its world premiere on May 4, 1968 at the Landestheater Linz .

action

place and time

The operetta takes place in different locations. It is about the unfulfilled passion of the legendary Casanova.

The music is characterized by a wealth of melodies and refined harmonies as well as many jazzy elements and South American rhythms.

Musical highlights

  • In the city on the Seine
  • From the old gramophone
  • Dear luck, don't leave me alone
  • I need Love
  • It drives all men crazy
  • You must know

Sound carrier

literature

  • Program Everything speaks of Charpillon . Landestheater Linz, season 1967/68.
  • Austrian Theater Yearbook 1967/68. Koska Publishing House, Vienna-Berlin 1968.
  • Booklet for the CD Igo Hofstetter . ORF Upper Austria, Linz 1996.

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