7/26/2023 0 Comments F lehar![]() ![]() A version for Australian television aired in 1962.Another television version was filmed in 1974 with René Kollo, Dagmar Koller, Heinz Zednik, directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt.In 1961, Gerhard Riedmann appeared in a television film where his singing voice was supplied by Fritz Wunderlich.The Land of Smiles (1952) directed by Hans Deppe and Erik Ode and starring Mártha Eggerth and Jan Kiepura.Hella Kürty and Willi Stettner reprised their original stage roles of Mi and Gustl, while Lisa was sung by Margit Suchy, replacing Vera Schwarz who had sung in the original Berlin stage production. The Land of Smiles (1930) directed by Max Reichmann and starring Richard Tauber.The operetta was adapted into film several times. But the prince respects the rule of his custom: always smile. His sister, Princess Mi had also become attached to the Viennese official Gustav, and so the ending is doubly sad. In act 3, Prince Sou-Chong is left alone while his beloved Lisa returns to her homeland. He assures her that it is just a formality, but unhappiness is inevitable, and she is locked in the palace. In act 2, in Peking, she finds that she is unable to come to terms with his culture, and especially that he must take other wives. In act 1 in Vienna, the heroine Countess Lisa marries a Chinese prince and returns with him to his homeland despite the warnings of her friends and family. The operetta is set in Vienna and China in 1912. Officers, mandarins, friends, brides, servants, maids (Chorus, ballet, extras) Lisa, Count Ferdinand Lichtenfels' daughter Roles īerlin, 1930 Roles, voice types, premiere cast Role During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, they shared the recording for free to allow those in isolation to enjoy the opera. In 2017 Opernhaus Zürich performed Das Land des Lächelns and recorded it to DVD and Bluray. Starring Charles Craig, Elizabeth Fretwell and Bronhill, the show did not attract the same audiences as The Merry Widow. Sadler's Wells Opera produced it in London in the late 1950s, after the success of Lehár's The Merry Widow starring June Bronhill had rescued the company from bankruptcy. The opera was first staged in the United States at the Boston Opera House in 1933 with soprano Nancy McCord as Lisa. Tauber also sang it in London and on tour throughout Britain between 19. Tauber reprised his role in London (19) South Africa (1939) and New York (1946), as well as in Vienna in 1930 (again at the Theater an der Wien) and in 1938 (at the Vienna State Opera and also in Prague). It was not a great success, and Lehár later revised it, under the new title of Das Land des Lächelns, which was first performed, at the Metropol Theater, Berlin, on 10 October 1929. This was presented at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, on 9 February 1923 with Hubert Marischka as Sou-Chong. The work was originally produced under the title Die gelbe Jacke ( The Yellow Jacket). Tauber also appeared in the show in London, singing many encores of his song. On this occasion it was " Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" ("You are my heart's delight"), probably the most famous of all the Tauberlieder. Lavishly produced, the show was built largely around the performance of the tenor Richard Tauber, a close friend of Lehár, for whom he customarily wrote a Tauberlied – a signature tune exploiting the exceptional qualities of his voice – in each of his later operettas. (The leading character, Prince Sou-Chong has a song early in the show, " Immer nur lächeln" ("Always smiling") which describes this.) The title refers to the supposed Chinese custom of smiling, whatever happens in life. This was one of Lehár's later works, and has a bittersweet ending which the Viennese loved. The performance duration is about 100 minutes. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The Land of Smiles (German: Das Land des Lächelns) is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. Metropol-Theater, Berlin (revised version)
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