The blue mazur
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| Title: | The blue mazur |
| Shape: | operetta |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Franz Lehár |
| Libretto : | Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach |
| Premiere: | May 28, 1920 |
| Place of premiere: | Vienna |
| Place and time of the action: | Poland at the beginning of the 20th century |
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The Blue Mazur is an operetta in two acts with an interlude by Franz Lehár . The libretto is by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach . The work had its world premiere on May 28, 1920 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
action
The operetta is set in Poland and is about the initially unhappy marriage of Countess Blanka von Lossin from Vienna to Count Olinski from Poland. Because of her husband's infidelity, his wife leaves him and seeks happiness elsewhere. In the end, both spouses realize that they belong together and the story has a happy ending.
reception
The operetta The Blue Mazur was composed by Franz Lehár using Polish stylistic elements. The title was derived from the dance mazurka . Despite a successful mix of musical styles, the work did not manage to stay on the theater schedules permanently. Today the operetta is rarely performed as a complete work. Individual pieces of music have been preserved and are occasionally played at concerts. The best known was the song Tanzt der Pole die Mazur .
Music numbers
A CD recording by the Singakademie Frankfurt (Oder) and the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt under the direction of Frank Beermann was released on the CPO label. Contributors were u. a. Johanna Stojkovich, Julia Bauer, Johan Weigel, Jan Kobow, Hans Christoph Begemann , Michael Hoffmann, Andreas David and Rudolf Tiersch. The following numbers, which also correspond to Lehár's score, can be heard on this CD:
No. 1 introduction and bridal procession
No. 2 Duet: This little medallion
No. 3 March duo: Since the beginning of world history - I am in love for the first time
No. 4 Song of Adolar: Why should I go to sleep?
No. 5 Waltz song: I can only love one
No. 6 Finale I You my little medallion - What a girl dreams of - You, the idol of my soul, you (in Polish)
No. 6a Entr'akt
No. 7 Gavotte Terzett: The times of youth have long been noisy
No. 8 Madrigal Quintet: There is a woman in the house
No. 9 Finale II I am alone - Life awaits me enticingly - You, the idol of my soul, you (in Polish)
No. 10 waltz scene
No. 11 So I am free - we want to keep it from people
No. 12 dance song: When I take the stage - sound sweet music
No. 13 Mazurka: Does the Pole dance the mazur
No. 14 Duet: Lumperl, Lumperl once it has to be - girl, my sweet Grederl
No. 15 Finale III my country folks and friends - The young count was a light-hearted companion - Who knows love - the Pole only dances the blue mazur with one