Viktoria und ihr Husar

"Viktoria und ihr Husar" ("Victoria and Her Hussar") is an operetta in three acts and a prelude by Paul Abraham with a libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda, based on a work by the Hungarian Emmerich Földes (also Emric or Imre Foeldes).

It premiered on 21 February 1930 in Budapest. The German premiere was on 7 July 1930 in Leipzig, and it was then given on 23 December 1930 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna. An adaptation into English by Harry Graham was performed at the Palace Theatre in London on 17 September 1931. [cite web
url = http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=21&Mese=02&Anno=1930
title = Almanacco: 21 Febbraio 1930
accessdate = 2008-08-20
last = Casaglia
first = Gherardo
publisher = Amadeus Almanac
language = Italian (Budapest premiere)] [cite web
url = http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=23&Mese=12&Anno=1930
title = Almanacco: 23 Dicembre 1930
accessdate = 2008-08-20
last = Casaglia
first = Gherardo
publisher = Amadeus Almanac
language = Italian (Vienna premiere)] [cite web
url = http://musicaltheatreguide.com/composers/abraham/viktoria.html
title = Viktoria and her Hussar
accessdate = 2008-03-16
publisher = The Guide to Light Opera & Operetta (Leipzig and London premieres; also: detailed plot, cast of the London premiere, musical numbers (in English)]

Roles

ynopsis

Place and time: Siberia, Japan, Hungary; after 1918.

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.

Notable arias

*Nur ein Mädel gibt es auf der Welt
*Ja so ein Mädel, ungarisches Mädel
*An der Newa steh ein Haus
*Pardon, Madame, ich bin verliebt
*Ungarland, Donauland (or Ungarland, Heimatland)
*Meine Mama war aus Yokohama, aus Paris ist der Papa
*Mausi, süß warst du heute Nacht
*Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände

Film adaptations

*imdb title|0122305|Viktoria und ihr Husar|(1931)
*imdb title|0047656|Viktoria und ihr Husar|(1954)
*imdb title|0238702|Victoria und ihr Husar|(1982)

References

Recordings

*ASIN|B000026O6B|country=de|title=Abraham: Viktoria und ihr Husar — Blume von Hawaii (Querschnitt) (excerpts, with Rudolf Schock)