Donna Juanita
Music by Franz von Suppé · libretto by Camillo Walzel · premiered 1880 · at Carltheater
Donna Juanita is a German language operetta in 3 acts by composer Franz von Suppé and librettists Zell and R. Genée. The opera premiered at the Carltheater in Vienna on 21 February 1880. The work was staged by the Metropolitan Opera in 1932 with Maria Jeritza in the title role and Artur Bodanzky leading the musical forces.
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About the Composer
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,…
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Other Operas by Franz von Suppé
- Die schöne Galathée
- Fatinitza (1861)
- Leichte Kavallerie (1866)
- Boccaccio (1878)
- Des Matrosen Heimkehr (1879)
- Dichter und Bauer (1900)