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Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (The Violet of Montmartre) is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. The libretto was written by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna at the Johann Strauss Theater on 21 March 1930.

Roles

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!Voice type

!Premiere cast, 21 March 1930<br />Conductor:

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|Ninon

|soprano

|Adele Kern

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|Pipo de Frascatti

|tenor

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|Raoul Delacroix

|lyric tenor

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|Henri Murger

|baritone

|Walter Jankuhn

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|Florimond Hervé

|tenor

|Robert Nästelberger

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|Violetta Cavallini

|soprano

|Anny Ahlers

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A Kiss in Spring

For the 1932 performances at the Alhambra Theatre in London the title was changed to A Kiss in Spring and the score was re-worked and supplemented by Herbert Griffiths (who had previously worked on the English adaption of Walzer aus Wien). There were additional orchestrations by a distinguished set of musicians: Constant Lambert, Arthur Wood, Alfred Reynolds and Walford Hyden. The choreography was by Frederick Ashton and the dancers included a young Alicia Markova as well as Harold Turner, Walter Gore and Prudence Hyman.

References

  • Work details,
  • Clips from a performance at the Moscow Operetta Theatre