Leon Jessel

Leon Jessel, or Léon Jessel (January 22, 1871, Stettin - January 4, 1942, Berlin) was a German Jewish composer of operettas.

Jessel's best known work was "Schwarzwaldmädel", an opera premiered in Berlin at the Komische Oper, in August 1917. It ran for 900 performances.

Works

* "Die beiden Husaren" (Operetta; Text: Wilhelm Jacoby and Rudolf Schanzer, premiere: 6 February 1913 (Theater des Westens, Berlin)
* "Wer zuletzt lacht" ("musikalisches Lustspiel", Text: Arthur Lippschitz u. A. Bernstein-Sawersky, premiere: 31 December 1913 (Theater an der Weidendammer Brücke, Berlin)
* "Schwarzwaldmädel" (Operetta, Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 25 August 1917 (Komische Oper, Berlin)
* "Ein modernes Mädel" (Operetta, Text: probably by Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 28 June 1918, (Volkstheater, Munich)
* "Schwalbenhochzeit" (Operetta, Text: Pordes-Milo, premiere: 28 January 1921 (Theater des Westens, Berlin)
* "Die Postmeisterin" (Operetta, Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 3 February 1921 (Central-Theater, Berlin)
* "Des Königs Nachbarin" (Singspiel, Text: Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 15 April 1923, (Wallner-Theater, Berlin)
* "Die goldene Mühle" (Singspiel, Text: Wilhelm Sterk, performed incomplete: 1936, Olten in Switzerland.

ources

* [http://www.grainger.de/music/composers/jessell.html Grainger page]

Some of the information in this article comes from the German-language Wikipedia article.