Check the boss
| Work data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Check the boss |
| Shape: | operetta |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Igo Hofstetter |
| Libretto : | Erhard Reinthaler and Igo Hofstetter |
| Premiere: | June 22, 1979 |
| Place of premiere: | Lodz |
Schach dem Boss is an operetta in three acts (four pictures) with music by Igo Hofstetter and the libretto by Erhard Reinthaler and Igo Hofstetter. The work had its world premiere on June 22, 1979 at the Lodz Music Theater . On April 16, 1979, the radio production of the work, produced in December 1978 in Linz with the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Herbert Mogg , was broadcast on ORF .
action
place and time
The operetta takes place in different locations. It's a criminalist-style story of jewelery smuggling and girl trafficking.
The music is characterized by a wealth of melodies and refined harmonics that are adapted to the respective location.
Musical highlights
- I'm studying anatomy
- When the Montmartre clock strikes twelve o'clock
- When two hearts dream
- Baci e amore
- Good moon, what do you think of that
- The world is always full of wonders
Sound carrier
- Cross-section on the CD Igo Hofstetter: Roulette of Hearts - Chess the Boss , Hamburg Archive for Singing Art [2018]
- Single track on the CD Igo Hofstetter . ORF Upper Austria 1996; with Adolf Dallapozza , Liliana Pagu , Liselotte Schmidt , Peter Drahosch and the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Herbert Mogg
literature
- Booklet for the CD Igo Hofstetter . ORF Upper Austria, Linz 1996.