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Nico Dostal
Nico Dostal (full name: Nikolaus Josef Michael Dostal) (27 November 1895 – 27 October 1981) was an Austrian composer who later specialised in operetta and film music. Life Dostal was born in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, and was the nephew of composer Hermann Dostal. He initially studied law at the University of Vienna, but turned to studying music at the Academy for Church Music in Klosterneuburg, and made a name for himself when his ''Great Mass in D major'' premiered in Linz in 1913. After participating in World War I, Dostal worked as the theatre Kapellmeister in Innsbruck, St. Pölten, Vienna, Chernivtsi and Salzburg, before moving to Berlin in 1924, where he turned his hand to secular music. He worked in music publishing and as a freelance arranger for Oscar Straus, Franz Lehár and Robert Stolz, among others. Whilst working as a Kapellmeister and composer, Dostal wrote the music for the film '' The Emperor's Waltz'' (1933) and enjoyed great success with his first operetta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the operetta is usually of a light and amusing character. The subject matter may portray "lovers' spats, mistaken identities, sudden reversals of fortune, and glittering parties". It sometimes also includes satirical commentaries. "Operetta" is the Italian diminutive of "opera" and was used originally to describe a shorter, perhaps less ambitious work than an opera. Operetta provides an alternative to operatic performances in an accessible form targeting a different audience. Operetta became a recognizable form in the mid-19th century in France, and its popularity led to the development of many national styles of operetta. Distinctive styles emerged across countries including Austria-Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stolz
Robert Elisabeth Stolz (25 August 188027 June 1975) was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.Stanley Sadie Ed. (2002) ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', Oxford University Press Biography Stolz was born of musical parents in Graz. His father was conductor and composer Jakob Stolz, his mother was concert pianist Ida Bondy, and he was the great-nephew of the soprano Teresa Stolz. At the age of seven, he toured Europe as a pianist, playing Mozart.''The Oxford Dictionary of Music'' 2nd ed. (1995), Oxford University Press He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Robert Fuchs and Engelbert Humperdinck. From 1899 he held successive conducting posts at Maribor (then called Marburg), Salzburg and Brno before succeeding Artur Bodanzky at the Theater an der Wien in 1907. There he conducted, among other pieces, the first performance of Oscar Straus's ''Der tapfere Soldat'' ('' The Chocolate Soldier'') in 1908, before leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody Wins (1930 Film)
''Everybody Wins'' (French: ''Chacun sa chance'') is a 1930 French-German comedy film directed by René Pujol and Hans Steinhoff and starring Renée Héribel, Gaby Basset and Jean Gabin.Harriss p.195 It was made as a co-production between France and Germany, with a separate German-language version '' Headfirst into Happiness'' also being shot using a different cast. It was shot at Pathé's Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. Synopsis A shop salesman is mistaken for a baron, which leads him to be more attractive to the woman he is in love with. Cast * Renée Héribel as La Baronne de Monteuil * André Urban as Le Baron de Monteuil * Gaby Basset as Simone * Jean Gabin as Marcel Grivot * Odette Josylla as Colette * Jean Sablon as Jean d'Arthaud * Hubert Daix as Directeur de magasin * Raymond Cordy as Le pochard * Germaine Laborde * Hélène Christiane * Josyane * Jane Pierson * Christiane Tourneur Christiane or C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manina (opera)
''Manina'' is a 1942 German-language operetta by Nico Dostal to a libretto by Hans Adler and Alexander Lix. It was premiered 28 November 1942 at the Admiralspalast in Berlin.Andrew Lamb ''150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre''- 2000 Page 230, 0300075383 "It was another operetta with a topical plot about the movies that gave success to Nico Dostal (1895-1981), who had for some years ... , Monika (opera) (1939), Die ungarische Hochzeit (The Hungarian Wedding, 1939), and Manina (1942)." Recording Hedi Klug, Peter Minich, Else Rambausek, Fritz Muliar, Orchester des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Bibl Rudolf Bibl (4 May 1929 – 27 January 2017) was an Austrian conductor and pianist. Life Born in Vienna, parallel to attending a Gymnasium (Germany), Gymnasium, Bibl studied piano, clarinet, composition at the Wiener Musikakademie and attended ... 1961 References {{Authority control 1942 operas Operas by Nico Dostal Operas German-language operettas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika (opera)
''Monika'' is a 1937 operetta by Nico Dostal to a libretto by Hermann Hermecke. The premiere was 3 October 1937 in Stuttgart.Andrew Lamb ''150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre''- 0300075383 2000 Page 230 "It was another operetta with a topical plot about the movies that gave success to Nico Dostal (1895-1981), who had for some years ... , Monika (1939), Die ungarische Hochzeit (The Hungarian Wedding, 1939), and Manina (1942)." Recording *Selections on ''Nico Dostal dirigiert sein beliebtesten Operetten - Die ungarische Hochzeit, Manina, Clivia, Monika'', Eurodisc LP References 1937 operas Operas by Nico Dostal Operas German-language operettas {{German-opera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prinzessin Nofretete
''Prinzessin Nofretete'' is a 1936 operetta in 2 acts by Nico Dostal to a libretto by Rudolf Köller and the composer. It was premiered at the Cologne Opera. Recording *Milko Milev, Lilli Wünscher, Angela Mehling, Jeffery Krueger, Musikalische Komödie The Musikalische Komödie (colloquially MuKo) is an operettas and musicals theatre in Leipzig. Its venue is located in the Lindenau (Leipzig), Lindenau district in the Haus Dreilinden, which is often referred to as the "Musical Comedy" itself. It ... Leipzig, Stefan Klingele. Rondeau 2017Operetta Research Center 25 November, 2017 Kevin ClarkKismet Meets Operetta: Nico Dostal’s “Prinzessin Nofretete” From Leipzig/ref> References 1936 operas Operas Operas by Nico Dostal German-language operettas {{German-opera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillie Claus
Lillie Claus-Dostal (1905 – 2000) was an Austrian lyric coloratura opera and operetta singer. Biography She received a musical education in her youth (vocals, piano, dance school). She entered the Vienna Academy of Music when she was 16 years old. She debuted as Papagena in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' at the Vienna State Opera. After engagements at several theatres, she returned to the Vienna State Opera. While there, she heard the composer Nico Dostal was in search a leading singer for his operetta "Clivia". On 23 December 1933, she took part in the premiere in the Berlin theatre on Nollendorfplatz. On 30 November 1934, she sang the 'Lied der Lulu' (part of the five-movement concert suite version of Alban Berg's opera ''Lulu'') at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden under Erich Kleiber. In the ensuing period Lillie Claus focused increasingly on operetta. Nico Dostal wrote several of his operettas for her voice. *1933 Clivia (opera)Andrew Lamb - 150 Years of Popular Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opera Singer
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of Western classical music, and Italian tradition in particular. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Ungarische Hochzeit
''Die ungarische Hochzeit'' (''The Hungarian Wedding'') is a 1939 operetta by Nico Dostal to a libretto by Hermann Hermecke. It was premiered 4 February 1939 in Stuttgart.Robert Ignatius Letellier ''Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume II'' 1443885088 2015 "Other works like Die ungarische Hochzeit, with overt puszta characteristics, inevitably show the influence of Emmerich Kálmán's Magyar colouring, but nonetheless reveal Dostal's fine craftsmanship" Recordings * ''Die ungarische Hochzeit'' – Anny Schlemm, Franz Fehringer, Ruth Zillger, Willy Hofmann, Lissy Niemz, Jürgen Goslar, Hans Schanzara, Herta Talmar, Kurt Großkurth, Walter Gruberth, Paul Bürks, Herbert Hennies, Friedrich Himmelmann, Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunkorchester, Franz Marszalek 1955 * ''Die ungarische Hochzeit'' – Jevgenij Taruntsov, Regina Riel, Thomas Zisterer, Tomas Kovacic, Rita Peterl, Chor des Lehar Festivals Bad Ischl, Franz Lehar-Orchester, Marius Burkert. CPO, 2015 * selections – M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
