Franz von Suppé
1819 – 1895 · Austrian · 7 operas in the catalogue
Franz von Suppé, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppé (18 April 1819 – 21 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A composer and conductor of the Romantic period, he is notable for his four dozen operettas, including the first operetta to a German libretto. Some of them remain in the repertory, particularly in German-speaking countries, and he composed a substantial quantity of church music, but he is now chiefly known for his overtures, which remain popular in the concert hall and on record. Among the best-known are Poet and Peasant, Light Cavalry, Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna and Pique Dame.
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1865 Die schöne Galathée, 1865 German
- 1866 Leichte Kavallerie, 1866
- 1876 Fatinitza, 1876 German
- 1879 Boccaccio, 1879 German
- 1880 Donna Juanita, 1880
- 1885 Des Matrosen Heimkehr, 1885
- n/a Dichter und Bauer