Gunnar Graarud starred in an opera from 1929-1937 known as what in german?
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Gunnar Graarud Gunnar Graarud (1 June 1886 - 6 December 1960) was a Norwegian operatic tenor. After making his debut in 1919, he was a leading artist at the Berlin State Opera from 1924-1926 and at the Vienna State Opera from 1929-1937. In 1927 he created the role of The blind judge in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's "Das Wunder der Heliane" at the Hamburg State Opera. In 1928 he sang the role of Tristan for the first recording of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". After retiring from the stage he was a member of the voice faculty at the Vienna Academy of Music. One of his notable pupils was bass Otto Edelmann.
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Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper ) is an Austria opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera (Wiener Hofoper). In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian Republic, it was renamed the Vienna State Opera. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra.
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Schwanda the Bagpiper Švanda the Bagpiper (Czech: Švanda dudák ; also known with the German spelling as Schwanda the Bagpiper), written in 1926, is an opera in two acts (five scenes), with music by Jaromír Weinberger to a Czech libretto by Miloš Kareš, based on the drama "Strakonický dudák aneb Hody divých žen" ("The Bagpiper of Strakonice") by Josef Kajetán Tyl. Its first performance was in Prague at the Czech National Opera on 27 April 1927. It premiered in German, with the translation by Max Brod, at Breslau on 16 December 1928. Other productions quickly followed:
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Bra mennesker Bra mennesker (English: Good People ) is a 1937 Norwegian drama film directed by Leif Sinding, and starring Sonja Wigert, Georg Løkkeberg and Harald Steen. The script was also written by Sinding, based on a play by Oskar Braaten. The film was produced at A/S Merkur-Film and features music by Willy Vieth.
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Die Kathrin Die Kathrin, Op. 28, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, with a German libretto by Ernst Decsey.
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Gé Korsten Gérard Korsten (popularly known as Gé) (6 December 1927 – 29 September 1999) was a South African opera tenor and actor who had a great influence on Afrikaans culture.
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Gretl Schörg Born in Vienna, Schörg first trained for the profession of typist. In 1937, at the age of 23, she won a beauty contest and became " Queen of Danube ". That same year she made her stage debut in Ostrava at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in the world premiere of Ödön von Horváth's play "Der jüngste Tag". She spent the next two years performing at that theatre, and at theatres in Karlovy Vary, Ostrava, Marienbad, and Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt). In 1939 she joined the opera house in Aussig (now Usti nad Labem) where she became popular as a performer in operettas. She made her professional opera debut at that house as Hannerl in Heinrich Berté's arrangement of Franz Schubert's "Das Dreimäderlhaus".
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Die Kluge Die Kluge. Die Geschichte von dem König und der klugen Frau ("The Wise [Girl]. The Story of the King and the Wise Woman") is an opera in 12 scenes written by Carl Orff. It premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, on 20 February 1943. Orff referred to this opera as a "Märchenoper " (fairy tale opera). The composer also wrote the libretto, based on "Die Kluge Bauerntochter" ("The Peasant's Wise Daughter") from the Grimm's Fairy Tales. A performance lasts for about 90 minutes and is often paired with Orff's "Der Mond".
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Bayreuth Festspielhaus The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre (German: Bayreuther Festspielhaus , ] ) is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated solely to the performance of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. It is the venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival, for which it was specifically conceived and built. Its official name is Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus .
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The Last Waltz (1934 film) The Last Waltz (German: Der letzte Walzer) is a 1934 German operetta film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Dumcke, Max Gülstorff and Iván Petrovich. It is based on the 1920 operetta "The Last Waltz" by Oscar Straus. It was remade in English in 1936.
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Schwarzschwanenreich Schwarzschwanenreich ("Realm of the Black Swan"), Op. 7, is an opera in German in three acts composed by Siegfried Wagner in 1910 to his own libretto. It premiered on 5 November 1918 in Karlsruhe at the court theatre "Großherzogliches Hoftheater ".
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The Black Forest Girl (1929 film) The Black Forest Girl (German: Schwarzwaldmädel) is a 1929 German silent romance film directed by Victor Janson and starring Liane Haid, Fred Louis Lerch and Walter Janssen. The film's art direction was by Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. The film is based on the 1917 operetta of the same title, composed by Leon Jessel with a libretto by August Neidhart. It is set in the Black Forest region of Germany in the 1840s.
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Edith Thallaug Edith Thallaug (born 16 June 1929) is a Norwegian actress and opera singer.
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Romeo und Julie Romeo und Julie is a singspiel in three acts by composer Georg Benda. The opera has a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter that is based upon Christian Felix Weiße's translation of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
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Hérodiade Hérodiade is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella "Hérodias" (1877) by Gustave Flaubert. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels on 19 December 1881.
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Der heimliche Aufmarsch Der heimliche Aufmarsch (English: ""The Secret Deployment"") is a poem by Erich Weinert with music by Hanns Eisler, written in 1929. In 1931, Ernst Busch sang a version of the song at the end of the film "Hell on Earth" by Victor Trivas. The most famous version is the 1938 remake with new music by Eisler, heard at Communist Party rallies.
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Maskerade (film) Maskerade (also known as Maskerade in Wien, English: Masquerade or Masquerade in Vienna), is an Austrian operetta film, and a classic of German language cinema. The exceptional script of this, a great example of the genre of the "Wiener Film", was by Walter Reisch and Willi Forst, who also directed. The German premiere was held in Berlin on 21 August 1934, the Austrian premiere in Vienna not until 26 September of the same year.
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Grisélidis Grisélidis is an opera (described as a 'conte lyrique') in three acts and a prologue by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand. It is based on the play by the same authors first performed at the Comédie-Française on 15 May 1891, which is drawn from the medieval tale of 'patient Grissil'. The story is set in 14th century Provence, and concerns the shepherdess, Grisélidis, and a number of attempts by the Devil to lure her into infidelity. Grisélidis' loyalty to her husband, The Marquis, is strong, however, and the devil is vanquished.
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To levende og en død (film) To levende og en død is a 1937 Norwegian thriller film directed by Gyda Christensen and Tancred Ibsen and starring Hans Jacob Nilsen, Unni Torkildsen and Jan Vaage. It is based on the 1931 novel "To levende og en død" by Sigurd Christiansen. A post office worker is left wrestling with his conscience following a robbery at his workplace.
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Der Sturm (opera) Der Sturm (The tempest) is a German-language opera in three acts by the Swiss composer Frank Martin to a libretto based on the Schlegel/Tieck German translation of Shakespeare's play "The Tempest". It was premiered at the Vienna State Opera in 1955. The role of Prospero was originally conceived for Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, but illness prevented him participating.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the "Nibelungenlied". The composer termed the cycle a "Bühnenfestspiel" (stage festival play), structured in three days preceded by a " " ("preliminary evening"). It is often referred to as the Ring Cycle, "Wagner's Ring", or simply "The Ring".
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Frederica (film) Frederica (German: Friederike) is a 1932 German historical musical drama film directed by and starring Mady Christians, and Veit Harlan. It is based on the 1928 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehar which depicts the love affair between Friederike Brion and the young