Countess Maritza
Music by Emmerich Kálmán · libretto by Julius Brammer · premiered 1924 · at Theater an der Wien
Gräfin Mariza (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁɛːfɪn ˈmaʁitsa]; Countess Maritza) is an operetta in three acts composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna on 28 February 1924 at the Theater an der Wien.
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About the Composer
Emmerich Kálmán (Hungarian: Kálmán Imre [ˈkaːlmaːn ˈimrɛ]; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are Die Csárdásfürstin (1915) and Gräfin Mariza (1924). Influences on his compositional style include Hungarian folk music (such as the csárdás), the Viennese style of precursors such as Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár, and, in his later works, American jazz. As a result of the Anschluss, Kálmán and his family fled to Paris and then to the United States. He eventually returned to Europe in 1949 and died in Paris in 1953.
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Other Operas by Emmerich Kálmán
- Az obsitos
- Der Zigeunerprimas (1912)
- Die Csárdásfürstin (1915)
- Die Bajadere (1921)
- Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (1930)
- Arizona Lady (1953)