Melody of the night
| Work data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Melody of the night |
| Shape: | operetta |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Ludwig Schmidseder |
| Libretto : | Heinz Hentschke and Günther Schwenn |
| Premiere: | September 16, 1938 |
| Place of premiere: | Berlin |
Melodie der Nacht 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 16, 1938 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin. Werner Schmidt-Boelcke was the musical director.
action
place and time
The revue operetta takes place in different locations.
The music, which was strikingly jazzy for the time, is remarkable. The work is to be seen as a border crosser between operetta and musical .
Melodie der Nacht was played for a long time at various theaters in the German-speaking area and was a very successful operetta at the time.
Musical highlights
- I want to strew roses on your way (waltz)
- Foaming champagne - lovely women (Foxtrot)
- It's impossible not to be shackled by you (foxtrot)
- The world is beautiful (Foxtrot)
- What a gypsy feels (tango)
- Tango Marina
- There are such cute girls (Foxtrot)
- You are everything to me sweet little mary (foxtrot)
Sound carrier
- Single track at JUBE on the CD Ludwig Schmidseder - There are such sweet girls (CD No. 15001)
- Single track at the Hamburg Archive for Singing Art (CD No. 30131) with Herbert Ernst Groh , Kurt Seifert , Sylvia de Bettini etc.
literature
- Program booklet Melodie der Nacht , Metropol-Theater Berlin, 1938.
- Sheet music book Melodie der Nacht for piano and voice, Arcadia-Verlag, Berlin 1938.