Endlich allein

Franz Lehár

Operas Kukuschka (1896)/Tatjana (1905) Der Göttergatte (1904) The Merry Widow (1905) Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909) Gipsy Love (1910) Die ideale Gattin (1913) Endlich allein (1914) Where the Lark Sings (1918) Die Tangokönigin (1921) Paganini (1925) Der Zarewitsch (1927) The Land of Smiles (1929) Schön ist die Welt (1930) Giuditta (1934)

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 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

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

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)

Notes

Sources

Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_testo=Endlich_allein "Endlich allein"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).

Franz Lehár works

Operettas	Kukuschka (1896) Der Göttergatte (1904) The Merry Widow (1905) Tatjana (1906) Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909) Gipsy Love (1910) The Count of Luxembourg (1911) Die ideale Gattin (1913) Endlich allein (1914) Where the Lark Sings (1918) Die Tangokönigin (1921) Paganini (1925) Der Zarewitsch (1926) The Land of Smiles (1929) Schön ist die Welt (1930) Giuditta (1934)

Films	Where the Lark Sings (1936) The Count of Luxemburg (1957) The Count of Luxemburg (1972)

Ballets	The Merry Widow Vienna Waltzes

Other	"Yours Is My Heart Alone" (from The Land of Smiles) Anton Lehár Operas and operettas

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