February 2004 Listening Files
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Mixed Choruses

  • Soprano solo with Chorus: Vilja Lied from Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for Cheryl Studer with the Monteverdi Choir, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and John Eliot Gardiner, director, 1994 Deutsche Grammophon CD 439 911-2. (auf Deutsch, with the full introduction and gypsy dance preceding the chorus entrance)

    Click here for Margit Schramm & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, from The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need, 2000, BMG CD 74321 72916 2. (auf Deutsch, Vilja song only)

    Click here for Edda Moser with the Chor der Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, and Heinz Wallberg, director, 1979, from the 2- CD-set Operetten Boulevard, a compilation of recordings made 1963-85, EMI Electrola GmbH, 1996, CD 7243 4 78314 23. (auf Deutsch)

    Click here for Kitty Carlisle singing an English version from the 1943 Broadway production: "Vilia" from the Decca Broadway Operettas series, CD 440 018 732-2.

  • Trinkt! Trinkt! Waltz song from Der Studentenprinz by Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
    Click here for Lauritz Melchior & chorus singing an English version with original, simpler harmonies (than our arrangement) from the 1950 Broadway production of The Student Prince from the Decca Broadway Operettas series, CD 440 018 732-2.

Octet with solos

  • Ein Souper heut uns winkt from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
    Click here for the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Die Fledermaus directed by Herbert von Karajan, 1955/1999, EMI CD 7243 5 67153 25.

Men's Chorus with solos

  • Wie die Weiber man behandelt? from Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for Wilbur Evans & chorus singing an English version from the 1943 Broadway production: "Women" from the Decca Broadway Operettas series, CD 440 018 732-2.

    Click here for Bryn Terfel & Boje Skovhus with the men of the Monteverdi Choir, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and John Eliot Gardiner, director, 1994 Deutsche Grammophon CD 439 911-2. (auf Deutsch)

Women's Chorus with solos

  • Ja, wir sind es, die Grisetten from Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for Barbara Bonney with the women of the Monteverdi Choir, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and John Eliot Gardiner, director, 1994 Deutsche Grammophon CD 439 911-2. (auf Deutsch)

    Click here for a version in German from the complete opera recording.

    Click here for Lisette Verea & chorus singing an English version from the 1943 Broadway production: "The Girls at Maxim's" from the Decca Broadway Operettas series, CD 440 018 732-2.

Duet

  • Soprano/Bass Duet: Meine Liebe, deine Liebe from Das Land des Lächelns by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for an extended version in German containing both the verses and the refrains: "Als Gott die Welt erschuf" from the complete opera

Solos

  • Tenor solo: O Vaterland/Da geh' ich zu Maxim from Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for Wilbur Evans singing an English version from the 1943 Broadway production: "Maxim's" from the Decca Broadway Operettas series, CD 440 018 732-2.
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    here for Herman Prey with the the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, and Heinz Wallberg, director, 1979,from the 2- CD-set Operetten Boulevard, a compilation of recordings made 1963-85, EMI Electrola GmbH, 1996, CD 7243 4 78314 23. (auf Deutsch)
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    here for Boje Skovhus with the Wiener Philharmoniker, and John Eliot Gardiner, director, 1994 Deutsche Grammophon CD 439 911-2. (auf Deutsch)
  • Soprano solo: Ich lade gern mir Gaste ein/Chacun à son gout from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
    Click here for Rudolf Christ with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Die Fledermaus directed by Herbert von Karajan, 1955/1999, EMI CD 7243 5 67153 25.
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    here for Brigitte Fassbänder with the Wiener Symphoniker, dir. Willi Boskovsky, 1972, from the 2- CD-set Operetten Boulevard, a compilation of recordings made 1963-85, EMI Electrola GmbH, 1996, CD 7243 4 78314 23.
  • Baritone solo: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from Das Land des Lächelns by Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
    Click here for Mario Lanza singing an English version: "Yours is My Heart Alone" with an orchestra conducted by Ray Sinatra, from The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need, 2000, BMG CD 74321 72916 2.
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    here for Rudolf Schock and the Berliner Symphoniker, from The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need, 2000, BMG CD 74321 72916 2.
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    here for Sou-Chong and the Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willy Mates. dir. 1967, from the 2- CD-set Operetten Boulevard, a compilation of recordings made 1963-85, EMI Electrola GmbH, 1996, CD 7243 4 78314 23.
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    here for a tenor from the complete opera recording

 

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