Prinz Methusalem

Operas by Johann Strauss II

Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (1871)
Der Karneval in Rom (1873)
Die Fledermaus (1874)
Cagliostro in Wien (1875)
Prinz Methusalem (1877)
Blindekuh (1878)
Das Spitzentuch der Königin (1880)
Der lustige Krieg (1881)
Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883)
Der Zigeunerbaron (1885)
Simplicius (1887)
Ritter Pázmán (1892)
Waldmeister (1895)
Wiener Blut (arranged
by Adolf Müller, 1899)

Prinz Methusalem (Prince Methusalem) is an operetta written by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by Karl Treumann, after Victor Wilder and Alfred Delacourt. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in Vienna at the Carltheater. It achieved a run of eighty performances.[1] The pot-pourri overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 3 January 1877
(Conductor: Johann Strauss II)
Herzog von Rikarak bass
Prinz Methusalem tenor
Pulcinella soprano
Sigismund baritone
Sophistica mezzo-soprano

References

  1. ^ "Strauss II, J.: Famous Overtures CD". NaxosDirect. http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.553936. Retrieved October 11, 2008.