Prinz Methusalem (Prince Methusalem) is an operetta written by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by Karl Treumann, after Victor Wilder and Alfred Delacour. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in Vienna at the Carltheater. It achieved a run of eighty performances.[1] The pot-pourri overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.

Johann Strauss II

Roles

edit
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 3 January 1877
(Conductor: Johann Strauss II)
Herzog von Rikarak bass Josef Matras
Prinz Methusalem mezzo-soprano / tenor-baritone Antonie Link
Pulcinella soprano Caroline Finaly
Sigismund baritone Wilhelm Knaack
Sophistica mezzo-soprano Therese Braunecker-Schäfer

References

edit
  1. ^ "Strauss II, J.: Famous Overtures CD". NaxosDirect. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2008.