Viktoria und ihr Husar
Operette in 3 Akten und einem Vorspiel aus dem Ungarischen des Emerich Foeldes von Alfred Grunwald und Dr Fritz Loehner-Beda
Composer: Abraham, Paul 1892 - 1960
Version: English version by Harry Graham
Paul Abraham’s third operetta, Viktoria und ihr Husar, was one of his most successful. It was premiered in Hungary in 1930, and opened the following year in London (adaption by Harry Graham). SYNOPSIS: Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her first love, the Hussar captain Stefan Koltay, was killed in World War I. She marries the American legate John Cunlight and resettles at the American embassy in Tokyo. Koltay reappears, alive; the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.
Instrumentation
1 dbl asax.1.2 (1 dbl asax, 2 dbl tsax).1. / 2.2.3.1. / timp / perc / 2 pno / gtr / hp / str
Format
V/S Lib
Publisher
Dreiklang - Dreimasken