The carnival fairy
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| Original title: | The carnival fairy |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Emmerich Kálmán |
| Libretto : | Alfred Maria Willner , Rudolf Austrian |
| Premiere: | September 21, 1917 |
| Place of premiere: | Johann Strauss Theater , Vienna |
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The carnival fairy is an operetta in three acts from 1917 by Emmerich Kálmán . The libretto is by Alfred Maria Willner and Rudolf Österreicher . The premiere took place on September 21, 1917 at the Johann-Strauss-Theater in Vienna .
The operetta is a musical new version by Zsuzsi kisasszony (1915), which was also known in other versions under the names Fräulein Susi, Miss Springtime , or Fräulein Frühling . The text of the carnival fairy has been largely redesigned.
The operetta was filmed in 1931 by Hans Steinhoff with Anny Ahlers and Victor de Kowa under the same title .
action
The painter Viktor Ronai is holding a party because he has won a large cash prize. When one of the guests harassed a beautiful young woman, Viktor intervened and stopped him. Now, however, this guest turns out to be the donor of the cash prize and now, offended, withdraws it. Viktor is undoubtedly a gentleman, which is rewarded with a passionate kiss from the beautiful unknown woman. This is worth almost more to the painter than the money that has now been lost, and he paints the beauty from memory that night. The next day everything else seems to be in order again, because the painter has received the money. Gradually, however, it transpires that the stranger herself paid the money.
As a result, there are a number of typical operetta misunderstandings - with a good ending for Viktor and the stranger, who turns out to be Princess Alexandra Maria.
Orchestration
The orchestration consists of two (piccolo) flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one timpani, percussion, harp, celesta and strings, the line-up of two women and four men as well the choir (SATB) .
Known songs
- I'm leaving today
- Darling you my darling
- Dear Heavenly Father, don't be angry
Sound carrier
In January 2019 the CPO label released a CD recording of the operetta. The choir of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz sang and played under the direction of Michael Brandstätter. Camille Schnoor, Daniel Prohaska , Nadine Zeintl, Simon Schnoor and Maximilian Mayer, among others, performed as soloists .