Golden Operetta, Vol.2

1. Der Bettelstudent: Ich setz' den Fall by Karl Millöcker
Performer: Hjördis Schymberg (Soprano), Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 05/31/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Swedish
2. Friederike: Sah ein Knab ein Röslein stehen by Franz Lehár
Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)
Conductor: Ernst Hauke
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1928; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 10/1928
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: German
3. Der Zigeunerbaron: Wer uns getraut by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer: Hjördis Schymberg (Soprano), Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/28/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Swedish
4. Les contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour by Jacques Offenbach
Performer: Margarete Klose (Mezzo Soprano), Margarete Teschemacher (Soprano)
Conductor: Erich Orthmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; France
Date of Recording: 05/12/1932
Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: French
5. Der Landstreicher: Sei gepriesen by Carl Michael Ziehrer
Performer: Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 03/11/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: German
6. Zar und Zimmermann: Auf Gesellen, greiftzur Axt by Albert Lortzing
Performer: Gerhard Hüsch (Baritone)
Conductor: Hanns Udo Müller
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: German
7. Zar und Zimmermann: Sonst spielt ich mit Szepter by Albert Lortzing
Performer: Gerhard Hüsch (Baritone)
Conductor: Hanns Udo Müller
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1937
Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: German
8. Der Fremdenführer: O Wien, mein liebes Wien by Carl Michael Ziehrer
Performer: Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 03/11/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
Language: German
9. Wiener Blut: Grüss Gott, mein liebes Kind by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer: Adele Kern (Soprano), Alfred Strauss (Tenor)
Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/18/1928
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: German
10. Der Zigeunerbaron: Act 1 Finale by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer: Greta Merrem-Nikisch (Soprano), Hans Lange (Tenor), Lotte Lehmann (Soprano),
Karin Branzell (Alto), Richard Tauber (Tenor)
Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/17/1928
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
11. Les contes d'Hoffmann: Il était une fois "Kleinzach Legend" by Jacques Offenbach
Performer: Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (Tenor)
Conductor: Giulio Setti
Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 04/1929
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: French
12. Boccaccio: Potpourri by Franz von Suppé
Performer: Walther Ludwig (Tenor), Wilhelm Strienz (Bass), Annie Frind (Soprano)
Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra, Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1936
Length: 8 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: German
13. Fra Diavolo: Voyez sur cette roche by Daniel-François Auber
Performer: Marcel Wittrisch (Tenor)
Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
Date of Recording: 03/21/1935
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: German
14. Der Wildschütz: A, B, C, D, der Junggesellenstand tut weh by Albert Lortzing
Performer: Traude Machula (Soprano), Wilhelm Strienz (Bass)
Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1937
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: German
15. Little Christine, Op. 44: So I am home "Sverkel's Romance" by Johan Peter E. Hartmann
Performer: Aksel Schiotz (Tenor)
Conductor: Mogens Wöldike
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846/1858; Denmark
Date of Recording: 05/04/1939
Length: 5 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Danish
Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
16. Little Christine, Op. 44: Game of Tavlebord "Draughtsboard" by Johan Peter E. Hartmann
Performer: Aksel Schiotz (Tenor), Edith Oldrup Pedersen (Soprano)
Conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846/1858; Denmark
Date of Recording: 12/28/1939
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Danish
17. Les contes d'Hoffmann: Mon enfant! ma fille! Antonia! by Jacques Offenbach
Performer: Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Baritone), Margarete Klose (Mezzo Soprano), Margarete Teschemacher (Soprano)
Conductor: Erich Orthmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 05/12/1932
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: French
18. Der Zigeunerbaron: Act 2 Finale by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer: Lotte Lehmann (Soprano), Waldemar Staegemann (Baritone), Richard Tauber (Tenor),
Karin Branzell (Alto), Hans Lange (Tenor)
Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/17/1928
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: German