Das Spitzentuch der Königin

Operas by Johann Strauss II
Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (1871) Der Karneval in Rom (1873) Die Fledermaus (1874) Cagliostro in Wien (1875) Prinz Methusalem (1877) Blindekuh (1878) Das Spitzentuch der Königin (1880) Der lustige Krieg (1881) Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883) Der Zigeunerbaron (1885) Simplicius (1887) Ritter Pázmán (1892) Waldmeister (1895) Wiener Blut (arranged by Adolf Müller, 1899)
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Das Spitzentuch der Königin (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief) is an operetta by Johann Strauss II. The libretto by Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen and Richard Genée was based on Cervantes.^[1]

It was first performed on 1 October 1880 in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien under the composer with Therese Braunecker-Schäfer, Alexander Girardi, Eugenie Erdösy, Karoline Tellheim, Hermine Meyerhoff, Felix Schweighofer, and Ferdinand Schütz.^[2]

The work is rather obscure nowadays, but the waltz Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), which incorporates melodies from the operetta, is well-known.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, (Conductor: Johann Strauss II)
Cervantes	baritone
The King of Portugal	tenor
The Queen	soprano
Don Sancho d'Avellaneday Villapinquedones	tenor
Donna Irene, confidant of the Queen	soprano
Count Villalobos y Rodriguez	bass
Marquis de la Mancha y Villareal	baritone
Chorus

Recordings

Johann Strauss II: Das Spitzentuch der Königin Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden and chorus

• Conductor: Ernst Theis
• Soloists: Nadja Stefanoff, Jessica Glatte, Elke Kottmair, Ralf Simon, Markus Liske, Hary Brachmann, Gritt Gnauck
• Recorded: 30 May 2008
• Label and number: CPO Records 777 406-2

References

1. ^ "STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures". NaxosDirect. http://www.naxosdirect.com/STRAUSS-II-J-Waltzes-Polkas-Marches-and-Overtures-Vol--1/title/8550336/. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 
2. ^ Amadeus Almanac, accessed 24 November 2010