Endlich allein (Alone at Last) is an operetta by composer Franz Lehár. It uses a German language libretto by A. M. Willner and Robert Bodanzky. It premiered on 30 January 1914 at the Theater an der Wien.

It was revised, with a text by Ludwig Herzer [de] and Fritz Löhner-Beda, under the name Schön ist die Welt and given on 3 December 1930 at the Metropol Theater in Berlin.[1] The stars were Gitta Alpar and Richard Tauber, who recorded several excerpts for the Odeon Records company.

Roles

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Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 30 January 1914
(Conductor:)
The King baritone Paul Guttmann
Elisabeth soprano Louise Kartousch
Duchess Maria Brankenhorst mezzo-soprano Mizzi Schulz
Crown Prince Georg tenor Hubert Marischka
Mercedes soprano Mizzi Günther
Count Sascha Karlowitsch tenor Ernst Tautenhayn

Recordings

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Lehár: Schön ist die Welt, Munich Radio Orchestra

  • Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
  • Principal singers: Elena Mosuc, Isabella Stettner, Masako Goda, Andreas Hirtreiter, Roland Kandlbinder
  • Recording date: 2004
  • Label: CPO Records 777 055-2 (CD)

References

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Notes

Sources

  • Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Endlich allein". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).