The Tango Queen (Operetta)
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Title: | The tango queen |
Shape: | operetta |
Original language: | German |
Music: | Franz Lehár |
Libretto : | Julius Brammer , Alfred Grünwald |
Premiere: | September 9, 1921 |
Place of premiere: | Apollo Theater , Vienna |
Place and time of the action: | The Spanish seaside resort of San Sebastian, around 1921 |
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The Tango Queen is an operetta in three acts by the composer Franz Lehár . The libretto is by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald . The first performance took place on September 9, 1921 in the Apollo Theater in Vienna .
The work is the second revision of Lehár's operetta Der Göttergatte . This was based on Kleist's Amphitryon and played accordingly in antiquity . The first new version came out in 1913 under the title The ideal wife . Both new versions take place at the time they were written, i.e. around 1913 and around 1921, in the Spanish seaside resort of San Sebastian . With a few exceptions, the same people act in the Ideal Wife and the Tango Queen , only a few musical numbers have been deleted and replaced by new ones. Some numbers have also been retained and are included in both the Ideal Wife and the Tango Queen . The piano reductions of both works can be found under web links.
Music numbers
The following music numbers are taken from the piano reduction given below:
- No. 1 Introduction and Duet: My child, you become ironic (Manolita, Leandro)
- No. 2 scene and duet: Oh child, what are you thinking of (Manolita, Leandro, Don Gil)
- No. 3 Duet: Do you smoke? (Leandro, Don Gil)
- No. 4 Terzett: Go ahead, my lord (Coletta, Leandro, Don Gil)
- No. 4a exit: I want to do it (Manolita)
- No. 5 Dance Duet (Bolero): This is how a Torreador (Coletta, Don Gil)
- No. 6 Finale I: Well, there they are (all)
- No. 6a Entreakt (interlude, orchestra)
- No. 7 Introduction, song and dance (introduction 2nd act): the violins shout and cheer (all)
- No. 8 unoccupied. In the vocal score, number 7 is followed by number 9
- No. 9: Entree Manolitas: Bueno serra (all)
- No. 10 Duet: When I First Seen (Coletta, Don Gil)
- No. 11 Ensemble: So listen (Almost everyone and women's choir)
- No. 12 Tango: At Valparaiso in the tavern (Manolita, Leandro)
- No. 13 Finale II: Oh, what's wrong Mr. Graf (all)
- No. 14 Spanish barcarole: Gluten awake in the evening (Manolita, Satrewski, choir)
- No. 15 unoccupied. In the piano reduction, number 14 is followed by number 16
- No. 16 Duet: I have a wife (Manolita, Leandro)
- No. 16a Reminiscence: Do you want to be my sweet, good, little jumping jack? (Coletta, Don Gil)
- No. 17. Finale III: How are you men all so easy to catch (Manolita, Leandro, Satrewski)
literature
- Norbert Linke : Franz Lehár. rororo Verlag, ISBN 3-499-50427-8 , p. 75.