Valses de Vienne

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Valses de Vienne is an operetta in three acts, libretto by Alfred Maria Wilner, Heinz Reichert, Ernst and Hubert Marischka, music by Johann Strauss father and son, arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner, first performed at the Theater an der Wien, in Vienna, on May 18, 1931.

French version: libretto translated by André Mouézy-Eon and Jean Marietti, first performed at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, in Paris, on December 21, 1933.

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[edit] Main characters

  • Rési - soprano
  • Strauss Jr - baryton-martin
  • Countess Olga - soprano
  • Strauss Sr - spoken role

[edit] Synopsis

The action takes place in Vienna around 1845, and relates the rilvary between the Strausses, father and son, and the love of the young Rési for Strauss Jr., but with the help of a Russian Countess, father and son are reconciled and love triumphs.

[edit] Discography

  • Valses de Vienne - Mady Mesplé, Bernard Sinclair, Christiane Stutzmann, Pierre Bertin - Choeurs René Duclos, Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique, Jean Doussard - EMI (1971)

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