TT-4014 - Die lustige Witwe

Gesamtaufnahme der Berliner Originalfassung (1907)

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TT-4014 - Die lustige Witwe

Complete Recording with the original Berlin Cast (1907)

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Die lustige Witwe

Operette in drei Akten von Victor Léon und Leo Stein
Musik von Franz Lehár

Gesamtaufnahme in der Fassung der Berliner Erstaufführung (Dir. Max Monti)

Baron Mirko Zeta, Gesandter  ---  Poldi Deutsch (1853-1930)
Valencienne, seine Frau  ---  Louise Obermaier (1878-1969)
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch, Gesandtschaftssekretär  ---  Gustav Matzner (1876-1952)
Hanna Glawari  ---  Marie Ottmann (1876- ? )
Camille de Rosillon  ---  Fred Carlo ( ? - ? )
Vicomte Cascada  ---  Edmund Körner ( ? - ? )
Raoul de St. Brioche  ---  Max Obal (1881-1949)
Bogdanowitsch, Konsul  ---  Fritz Burmester ( ? - ? )
Sylviane, seine Frau  ---  Emilie Symalla (1872-1929)
Kromow, Gesandtschaftsrat  ---  Gustav Beer ( ? - ? )
Olga, seine Frau  ---  Mizzi Schütz ( ? -1930)
Pritschitsch, Oberst  ---  Richard Grohé ( ? - ? )
Praškowia, seine Frau  ---  Mieze Laudan (1879 - ? )
Njegus, Kanzlist  ---  Alfred Walters (1878-1940)

Chor des Monti-Ensembles im Theater des Westens
Grammophon-Orchester, Berlin • conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded at Deutsche Grammophon AG Studio, Berlin S.42, Ritterstr. 36
engineer: Max Hampe • recording date: May 1907 (except where noted)


DISC 1

1. Akt

01: № 1. Introduktion (Zeta, Cascada, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3246 r (2-44263) • key G, 80.0 rpm, 2:39 min • September 1907

02: Ensemble-Dialog (Zeta, Valencienne, Camille, Cascada, St. Brioche, Bogdanowitsch, Sylviane, Kromow, Olga, Pritschitsch, Praškowia, Chor)
7" disc Gramo 1078 q (41491) • key D, 75.0 rpm, 2:06 min

03: № 2. Duett (Valencienne, Camille)
12" disc Gramo 205 s (044072) • key C, 74.4 rpm, 3:51 min

04: Dialog (Zeta, Njegus, Chor)
7" disc Gramo 1079 q (41492) • 75.0 rpm, 1:28 min

05: № 3. Entréelied und Ensemble (Hanna, Cascada, St. Brioche, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3073 r (43924) • key A, 75.2 rpm, 3:03 min

06: Ensemble-Dialog (Zeta, Valencienne, Hanna, Camille, Cascada, St. Brioche)
10" disc Gramo 3075 r (41983) • 74.5 rpm, 2:58 min

07: № 4. Auftrittslied (Danilo, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3074 r (3-42853) • key D, 74.5 rpm, 2:29 min

08: Dialog (Valencienne, Danilo, Camille, Cascada, St. Brioche, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3247 r (41998) • 80.0 rpm, 3:11 min • September 1907

09: Dialog (Hanna, Danilo)
10" disc Gramo 3077 r (41984) • 74.5 rpm, 3:04 min

10: Dialog (Zeta, Valencienne, Danilo, Camille, Kromow)
10" disc Gramo 3086 r (41985) • 74.5 rpm, 3:07 min

11: № 5. Finale I (Danilo, Hanna, Cascada, St. Brioche, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3087 r (2-44243) • key G, 74.6 rpm, 3:16 min

12: № 5. Finale I (Valencienne, Danilo, Hanna, Camille, Cascada, St. Brioche, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3088 r (2-44244) • key G, 74.4 rpm, 3:05 min


2. Akt

13: № 6. Introduktion und Tanz (Hanna, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3248 r (43928) • key D, 79.9 rpm, 3:04 min • September 1907

14: № 7. Viljalied (Hanna, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3249 r (43929) • key D, 79.9 rpm, 3:19 min • September 1907

15: Dialog (Zeta, Danilo, Hanna, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3110 r (41986) • 75.0 rpm, 2:52 min

16: № 8. Duett: Lied vom dummen Reiter (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 3106 r (2-44245) • key A, 75.4 rpm, 3:20 min

17: Ensemble-Dialog (Zeta, Danilo, Cascada, St. Brioche, Sylviane, Kromow, Olga, Praškowia)
10" disc Gramo 3089 r (41987) • 74.5 rpm, 3:23 min

18: № 9. Marsch-Septett (Zeta, Danilo, Cascada, St. Brioche, Bogdanowitsch, Kromow, Pritschitsch, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3106 r (2-44246) • key G, 74.7 rpm, 2:50 min

19: Dialog (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 3107 r (41988) • key D, 75.1 rpm, 2:57 min

20: № 10. Spielszene und Tanzduett (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 3108 r (2-44247) • key G, 75.2 rpm, 2:45 min

21: № 10. Spielszene und Tanzduett (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 3109 r (2-44248) • key G, 75.1 rpm, 2:35 min

22: Dialog (Zeta, Danilo, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3101 r (41989) • 75.0 rpm, 2:48 min

23: № 11. Duett und Romanze (Valencienne, Camille)
12" disc Gramo 206 s (044073) • key E-flat, 74.7 rpm, 4:09 min

24: Dialog (Zeta, Danilo, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3111 r (41990) • 75.0 rpm, 2:22 min

25: № 12. Finale II (Zeta, Valencienne, Danilo, Hanna, Camille, Njegus)
10" disc Gramo 3091 r (2-44249) • key E-flat, 74.9 rpm, 2:55 min

26: № 12. Finale II (Zeta, Valencienne, Danilo, Hanna, Camille, Njegus, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3096 r (2-44250) • key D, 74.9 rpm, 2:40 min

27: № 12. Finale II (Danilo, Hanna, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3097 r (2-44251) • key D, 75.1 rpm, 3:03 min



DISC 2

3. Akt

01: № 13. Walzer-Intermezzo (Orchester)
10" disc Gramo 3251 r (2-40579) • key G, 80.0 rpm, 3:10 min • September 1907

02: № 14. Chanson: Grisetten-Lied (Valencienne, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3073 r (43925) • key G, 74.7 rpm, 2:39 min

03: Ensemble-Dialog (Zeta, Danilo, Hanna, Njegus, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3098 r (41991) • key D, 75.2 rpm, 2:58 min

04: № 15. Duett: Der Zauber der Häuslichkeit (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 3100 r (2-44252) • key D, 75.0 rpm, 1:57 min

05: № 16. Schlußgesang (Zeta, Valencienne, Danilo, Hanna, Kromow, Njegus, Chor)
10" disc Gramo 3099 r (2-44253) • key G, 75.0 rpm, 2:36 min


Appendix 1: Messter-Biophon-Filmbegleitplatte

At the Berlin première, Albert Kutzner sang Camille and Gustav Matzner Danilo. In subsequent performances, the two singers alternated as Danilo, while Fred Carlo doubled as Camille. The present record is the only known excerpt of Camille's part recorded by Kutzner. It was produced to accompany a "Messter Biophon" film of the scene, which is alas not known to survive today. Several other numbers with Matzner and Ottmann were also filmed at the time, but apparently none of the pictorial elements have survived.

06: № 11. Duett und Romanze (Valencienne, Camille)
Valencienne: Louise Obermaier • Camille: Albert Kutzner • conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
12" disc Gramo 0736 v (Messter M.P.744) • key F, 74.3 rpm, 4:36 min
Recorded at Deutsche Grammophon AG Studio, Berlin W.42, Ritterstr. 36
recording date: April 1907 • engineer: Charles Scheuplein


Appendix 2: Highlights by members of the Original Cast (Wien, Dec. 30, 1905)

Graf Danilo Danilowitsch, Gesandtschaftssekretär  --- Louis Treumann (1872-1943)
Hanna Glawari  --- Mizzi Günther (1879-1961)

Wiener Grammophon-Orchester • conductor: unidentified
Recorded in Wien during June 1906 • engineer: Franz Hampe, except where noted

07: № 2. Duett (Valencienne, Camille) [arranged as a solo with adapted lyrics]
Valencienne: Mizzi Günther
10" disc Gramo 4189 L (43770) • key C, 77.1 rpm, 2:58 min

08: № 4. Auftrittslied (Danilo)
10" disc Gramo 4175 L (3-42524) • key D, 76.6 rpm, 2:11 min

09: № 5. Finale I: Ballsirenen (Danilo)
10" disc Gramo 9999 u (3-42785) • key G, 77.3 rpm, 2:13 min
recording date: December 1906 • engineer: Charles Scheuplein

10: № 7. Viljalied (Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 4188 L (43769) • key G, 77.3 rpm, 2:49 min

11: № 8. Duett: Lied vom dummen Reiter (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 4171 L (2-44074) • key A, 75.7 rpm, 3:00 min

12: № 10. Spielszene und Tanzduett (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 4172 L (2-44075) • key G, 75.3 rpm, 2:34 min

13: № 12. Finale II: Es waren zwei Königskinder (Danilo)
10" disc Gramo 4176 L (3-42529) • key C, 75.9 rpm, 2:06 min

14: № 15. Duett: Der Zauber der Häuslichkeit (Danilo, Hanna)
10" disc Gramo 4170 L (2-44073) • key D, 75.3 rpm, 2:47 min


Appendix 3: Highlights from Eric Charell's 1928 Metropol-Theater production

For this elaborate "updated" version featuring Fritzi Massary, already a living legend at the time, much of the text - both story and lyrics - was re-written by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch, who, among many other changes, transported the action from Pontevedro to Honduras and turned "Hannah Glavarios" into a saloon singer of rather dubious repute, courted by the Honduran attaché "Danilos". They also gave most of Valencienne's music to Massary, with Lehár himself providing a few additional numbers, one of them culled from the already almost forgotten "Danza delle libellule". It must be said that the orchestral arrangements do not sound much like Lehár and are more likely the product of an unknown hand, possibly conductor Ernst Hauke's.

Hannah Glavarios  ---  Fritzi Massary (1882-1969)
Valencienne, Frau des Gesandten von Honduras  ---  Uschi Elleot (1899-1975)
Danilos, Attaché der Gesandtschaft von Honduras  ---  Walter Jankuhn (1888-1953)
Camille Rosillon  ---  Max Hansen (1897-1961)

Chor und Orchester des Metropol-Theaters, Berlin • conductor: Ernst Hauke
Recorded at Sing-Akademie, Berlin, Am Festungsgraben 2 • engineer: Douglas E. Larter
Track 23 recorded in Berlin, probably at Liedertafel, Urbanstr. • engineer: unidentified

15: № 2. Chanson: Mein Freund aus Singapur (Hannah, Chor)
10" disc Electrola BLR 4957 I (EG 1185 [8-43141]) • key D, 76.9 rpm, 2:42 min • 28.01.1929

16: № 7. Entrée: Da geh' ich zu Maxim (Danilos, Chor)
12" disc Electrola CLR 4902 II (EH 250 [4-042061]) • key D, 77.0 rpm, 3:34 min • 11.01.1929

17: № 8. Duett: Ich bin eine anständ'ge Frau (Hannah, Danilos)
12" disc Electrola CL 4900 I (EH 249 [4-044006]) • key A, 77.3 rpm, 4:22 min • 10.01.1929

18: № 11. Weibermarsch (Hannah, Chor)
10" disc Electrola BLR 4955 I (EG 1170 [8-43135]) • key G, 76.8 rpm, 2:23 min • 28.01.1929

19: № 11. Weibermarsch (Hannah, Chor)
10" disc Electrola BLR 4956 I (EG 1170 [8-43136]) • key G, 76.9 rpm, 3:19 min • 28.01.1929

20: № 12. Walzerduett: Lippen schweigen (Hannah, Danilos)
10" disc Electrola BLR 4958 I (EG 1185 [8-44069]) • key G, 76.2 rpm, 3:19 min • 28.01.1929

21: № 13. Tanzduett: Halt' still! (Valencienne, Chor)
12" disc Electrola CLR 4901 II (EH 250 [4-040704]) • key A-flat, 76.9 rpm, 3:38 min • 11.01.1929

22: № 14. Lied: Ich hol' dir vom Himmel das Blau (Hannah)
12" disc Electrola CL 4899 I (EH 249 [4-043030]) • key D, 77.6 rpm, 4:31 min • 10.01.1929

23: № 15. Duett: Sieh dort den kleinen Pavillon (Rosillon)
10" disc DGG/Polydor 1121 BH4 (21965 [B 42807]) • key F, 79.8 rpm, 2:49 min • 12.1928


Bonus Track

24: Der lustige Witwenfeind (Pius Rivalier von Meysenbug) Teil 1
tenor: Louis Treumann • piano: unidentified
10" disc Gramo 10002 u (3-42788) • key G, 77.2 rpm, 3:23 min
Recorded in Wien during December 1906 • engineer: Charles Scheuplein

25: Der lustige Witwenfeind (Pius Rivalier von Meysenbug) Teil 2
tenor: Louis Treumann • piano: unidentified
10" disc Gramo 10003 u (3-42786) • key G, 77.1 rpm, 2:52 min
Recorded in Wien during December 1906 • engineer: Charles Scheuplein


 

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