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Austrian librettist, playwright and composer (1823–1895)
Richard Genée
Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (7 February 1823 – 15 June 1895) was a Prussian-born Austrian
librettist ,
playwright , and
composer .
Life
Genée was born in
Danzig . He died in
Baden bei Wien .
[1]
Works
He is most famous for the libretto of
Die Fledermaus ,
Johann Strauss II 's most famous operetta. He co-wrote the libretto without having met top-billed librettist
Karl Haffner , who constructed the new story based on a play by
Henri Meilhac and
Ludovic Halévy , which was considered too shocking to perform outside Paris. Genée, however, wrote the operetta's actual text and drew nothing from Haffner beyond the names of the characters.
[2] One of his best-known works was the libretto of
Carl Millöcker 's
operetta
Der Bettelstudent , which he co-wrote with Friedrich Zell (the
pseudonym of
Camillo Walzel ). He also wrote the libretto to
Ella Adayevskaya 's 1877 opera
Zarya . In 1857, he was conductor of the
Philharmonic Orchestra Mainz .
Librettos and plays
Polyphen oder Ein Abenteuer auf Martinique (1856)
Der Geiger aus Tirol (1857)
Der Liebesring um (1860)
Ein Trauerspiel (1860)
Ein Narrentraum (1861)
Die Generalprobe (1862)
Die Herren von der Livrée (1862)
Die Talismänner (1863)
Rosita (1864)
Der schwarze Prinz (1866)
Die Zopfabschneider (1866)
Am Runenstein (1868)
Schwefeles, der Höllenagent (1869)
Eine Konzertprobe (1870)
Der Hexensabbath (1870)
Der Sänger mit drei Tönen (1871)
Der Karneval in Rom (1873), with Josef Braun, operetta in 3 acts (Music:
Johann Strauss II )
Die Fledermaus (1874), with Carl Haffner, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Johann Strauss II)
Cleopatra oder Durch drei Jahrtausende (1875)
Cagliostro in Wien (1875), with
F. Zell , operetta in 3 acts (Music: Johann Strauss II)
Fatinitza (1876), with F. Zell, Operetten in 3 acts (Music:
Franz von Suppé )
Der Seekadett [
de ] (1876), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Richard Genée)
Luftschlösser (1876)
Im Wunderland der Pyramiden (1877)
Die letzten Mohikaner (1878)
Die Fornarina (1879), with F. Zell and
Moritz West [
de ] , operetta in 3 acts (Music:
Carl Zeller )
Boccaccio (1879), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Franz von Suppé)
Die Dubarry (1879), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music:
Carl Millöcker )
Das Spitzentuch der Königin (1880), with Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Johann Strauss II)
Apajune, der Wassermann (1880), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Carl Millöcker)
Donna Juanita (1880), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Franz von Suppé)
Nisida (1880)
Der Gascogner (1881), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Franz von Suppé)
Rosina (1881)
Der lustige Krieg (1881), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Johann Strauss II)
Der Bettelstudent (1882), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Musik: Carl Millöcker)
Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Johann Strauss II)
Die Afrikareise (1883), with Moritz West, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Franz von Suppé)
Gasparone (1884), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Carl Millöcker)
Eine gemachte Frau (1885)
Zwillinge (1885)
Die Piraten (1886)
Der Vizeadmiral (1886), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts (Music: Carl Millöcker)
Die Dreizehn (1887)
Die Jagd nach dem Glück (1888), with
Bruno Zappert , operetta in 3 acts (Music:
Franz von Suppé )
Signora Vedetta (1892)
Die wachsame Schildwache (1893)
Freund Felix (1894)
Musical compositions
In 1876, Genée composed the operetta
Der Seekadett [
de ] . The operetta featured a game of
chess in its second act and later lent its name to the
chess opening
trap , the Seekadettenmatt (German for
midshipman's
mate ). The move is usually known in English as the
Légal Trap .
Rosita (1864), opera
Nanon, die Wirtin Zum Goldenen Lamm (1877), with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts
Der Musikfeind [
de ] (1862), operetta
Insalata Italiana , Op. 68 ("Piano, piano, dolce, soave!"), for
madrigal choir and soloists, in which the words are Italian musical expressions sung according to the meaning of the words.
Films based on his works
Das fidele Gefängnis [
de ] , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch (Germany, 1917, loosely based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Die Fledermaus , directed by
Max Mack (Germany, 1923, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Nanon , directed by
Hanns Schwarz (Germany, 1924, based on the operetta Nanon )
The Beggar Student , directed by
Luise Fleck and
Jacob Fleck (Germany, 1927, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
The Beggar Student , directed by
Victor Janson (Germany, 1931, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
The Beggar Student , directed by
Victor Hanbury and John Harvel (UK, 1931, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
Die Fledermaus , directed by
Karel Lamač (Germany, 1931, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Waltz Time , directed by
Wilhelm Thiele (UK, 1933, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
The Loves of Madame Dubarry , directed by
Marcel Varnel (UK, 1935, based on the operetta
Die Dubarry )
The Beggar Student , directed by
Georg Jacoby (Germany, 1936, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
Die Fledermaus [
it ] , directed by
Paul Verhoeven (Germany, 1937, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Gasparone , directed by
Georg Jacoby (Germany, 1937, based on the operetta
Gasparone )
Nanon , directed by
Herbert Maisch (Germany, 1938, based on the operetta Nanon )
Boccaccio , directed by
Marcello Albani (Italy, 1940, based on the operetta
Boccaccio )
Die Fledermaus , directed by
Géza von Bolváry (Germany, 1944–46, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
A Night in Venice , directed by
Georg Wildhagen (Austria, 1953, based on the operetta
Eine Nacht in Venedig )
Oh... Rosalinda!! , directed by
Michael Powell and
Emeric Pressburger (UK, 1955, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Swelling Melodies , directed by
E. W. Fiedler (East Germany, 1955, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Gasparone , directed by
Karl Paryla (Austria, 1956, based on the operetta
Gasparone )
The Beggar Student , directed by
Werner Jacobs (West Germany, 1956, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
Mazurka der Liebe , directed by
Hans Müller (East Germany, 1957, based on the operetta
Der Bettelstudent )
Die Fledermaus , directed by
Géza von Cziffra (Austria, 1962, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Flagermusen , directed by
Annelise Meineche [
da ] (Denmark, 1966, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
Die Fledermaus , directed by
Yan Frid (Soviet Union, 1979, based on the operetta
Die Fledermaus )
References
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