Women in the Metropol
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Title: | Women in the Metropol |
Shape: | operetta |
Original language: | German |
Music: | Ludwig Schmidseder |
Libretto : | Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn |
Premiere: | September 27, 1940 |
Place of premiere: | Berlin |
Place and time of the action: | Berlin, in the 1930s |
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Frauen im Metropol is a grand operetta in ten pictures with music by Ludwig Schmidseder , the libretto by Heinz Hentschke and the lyrics by Günther Schwenn . The work had its world premiere on September 27, 1940 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin.
orchestra
Oboe, sax I, II, III, IV, trumpet I, II, III, trombone I, II, percussion I, II, harp, guitar, bandoneon, piano, violin I, II, Va, Vc, Kb; Incidental music: violin, guitar, harmonica
action
place and time
The revue operetta takes place in different locations in Berlin in the 1930s. The 10 pictures are: 1. The game can begin 2. The circus is coming! 3. In the park of Sanssouci 4. Alwin Brandt - famous throughout the city! 5. Atelier party with Angela Manzoni 6. Hotel of the world 7. The Vienna sky 8. Lauschke's caravan 9. In the Metropol-Theater 10. Grand finale
At the premiere in the Metropoltheater, Elfie Mayerhofer played Jutta and Kurt Seifert Otto Lauschke; Rudi Godden could be seen as Peter Hermann and Gretl Schörg as Fritzi. The conductor was Werner Schmidt-Boelcke .
Musical highlights
- I dream of love (tango)
- I'm free tonight! (Foxtrot); this title obtained u. a. famous for the Schuricke trio .
- When you come to heaven (Wiener Lied)
- What does a man not do? (Slow foxtrot)
- We are born for each other (Tango)
- Come into my arms! (Duet); this title became very well known primarily through Elfie Mayerhofer and Rudi Godden .
- We dance through life!
Sound carrier
Large cross-section at the Hamburg Archive for Singing Art (CD No. 30131) with Margit Schramm , Reinhold Bartel , Herbert Ernst Groh and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the direction of Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Single track at JUBE on the CD Ludwig Schmidseder - There are such sweet girls (CD No. 15001)
Web links
swell
- Program booklet Women in the Metropol , Metropol-Theater Berlin, Heinz Hentschke, 1940
- Music book Women in the Metropol for piano and voice, Verlag Albert Bennefeld, Berlin, 1940