Das Veilchen vom Montmartre

Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (The Violet of Montmartre) is an operetta in 3 acts by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán. The libretto was written by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna at the Johann Strauss Theater on 21 March 1930.

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 21 March 1930 Conductor: Josef Holzer [de]
Ninon	soprano	Adele Kern
Pipo de Frascatti	tenor	Richard Waldemar [de]
Raoul Delacroix	lyric tenor	Ernst Tautenhayn [de]
Henri Murger	baritone	Walter Jankuhn
Florimond Hervé	tenor	Robert Nästelberger
Violetta Cavallini	soprano	Anny Ahlers

For the 1932 performances at the Alhambra Theatre in London the title was changed to A Kiss in Spring and the score was re-worked and supplemented by Herbert Griffiths (who had previously worked on the English adaption of Walzer aus Wien). There were additional orchestrations by a distinguished set of musicians: Constant Lambert, Arthur Wood, Alfred Reynolds and Walford Hyden. The choreography was by Frederick Ashton and the dancers included a young Alicia Markova as well as Harold Turner, Walter Gore and Prudence Hyman.

Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Das Veilchen vom Montmartre, 21 March 1930". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
A Kiss in Spring, the Frederick Ashton Foundation
"A talent for light music". Musicb3.wordpress.com. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

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Category:Operas by Emmerich Kálmán