' ('' Cagliostro in Vienna'') is an operetta in three acts by

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an List of Austrian composers, Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well ...

to a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

by F. Zell and Richard Genée. It premiered on 27 February 1875 at the Theater an der Wien, featuring Marie Geistinger and Alexander Girardi.

Reception

The premiere was highly successful, in no small part due to the audience favourite Alexander Girardi Elizabeth Forbes: "Girardi, Alexander", ''Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (1850–1918) as Blasoni. Another notable performer at the premiere was Marie Geistinger (1836–1903) who had created the role of Rosalinde in Strauss's '' Die Fledermaus''. However, weaknesses in the libretto and—by Strauss's standards—the pallid music, meant the work could not garner the level of long-term public support of the composer's other works. These shortcomings were corrected in a version with a revised libretto by Gustav Quedenfeldt and music by Karl Tutein (who included themes from the Kaiser-Walzer) which premiered on 8 May 1941 in Danzig (Gdańsk).

Roles

Notable arias

*"" ypsy child, how shiny your hair*"" he rose will bloom when kissed by the sun*"" (Cagliostro Waltz) ould I but fly with you through life

Adaptations

Johann Strauss used material from his operetta for the following works: *Cagliostro-

Quadrille The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. The quadrille consists of a chain of four to six ''Contra dance, contredanses''. Latterly the quadrille was frequently danced to a medley of ope ...

, Op. 369 (1875) *, Op. 370 (1875), waltz *, Op. 371 (Hail Austria) (1875), march *, Op. 372 (If You Please!) (1875), French polka *, Op. 373 (On the Hunt) (1875), quick polka *, Op. 374 (Light and Shadow) (1875) polka Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote an arrangement of the work, first performed on 13 April 1927 in Vienna.

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* Plot summary {{Authority control German-language operettas 1875 operas Operas by Johann Strauss II Operas set in Vienna Operas Cultural depictions of Alessandro Cagliostro