Leon Jessel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leon Jessel, or Léon Jessel (January 22, 1871, Stettin - January 4, 1942, Berlin) was a German Jewish composer of operettas.

Jessel's best known work was Schwarzwaldmädel, an opera premiered in Berlin at the Komische Oper, in August 1917. It ran for 900 performances.

[edit] Works

• Die beiden Husaren (Operetta; Text: Wilhelm Jacoby and Rudolf Schanzer, premiere: 6 February 1913 (Theater des Westens, Berlin)
• Wer zuletzt lacht (musikalisches Lustspiel, Text: Arthur Lippschitz u. A. Bernstein-Sawersky, premiere: 31 December 1913 (Theater an der Weidendammer Brücke, Berlin)
• Schwarzwaldmädel (Operetta, Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 25 August 1917 (Komische Oper, Berlin)
• Ein modernes Mädel (Operetta, Text: probably by Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 28 June 1918, (Volkstheater, Munich)
• Schwalbenhochzeit (Operetta, Text: Pordes-Milo, premiere: 28 January 1921 (Theater des Westens, Berlin)
• Die Postmeisterin (Operetta, Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 3 February 1921 (Central-Theater, Berlin)
• Des Königs Nachbarin (Singspiel, Text: Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 15 April 1923, (Wallner-Theater, Berlin)
• Die goldene Mühle (Singspiel, Text: Wilhelm Sterk, performed incomplete: 1936, Olten in Switzerland.

[edit] Sources

• Grainger page

Some of the information in this article comes from the German-language Wikipedia article.