herbert ernest groh lehárdas land des lächelns quotImmer nur lachelnquot

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Herbert Ernest Groh Role:Prince Sou-Chong • The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns) is a 'romantic' operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner. The performance time is about 100 minutes. • • This was one of Lehár's later works, and has a bittersweet ending which the Viennese loved. The title refers to the Chinese custom of smiling, whatever happens in life. (The leading character, Prince Sou-Chong has a song early in the show, Immer nur lächeln ( Always smiling ) which describes this.) • Contents • [hide] • • 1 The Tauberlied • 2 Performance history • 3 Roles • 4 Synopsis • 5 Recordings • 6 Refere • The Tauberlied • • Lavishly produced, the show was built largely around the performance of the tenor Richard Tauber, a close friend of Lehár's, for whom he customarily wrote a Tauberlied —a signature tune exploiting the exceptional qualities of his voice— in each of his later operettas. On this occasion it was Dein ist mein ganzes Herz ( You are my heart's delight ), probably the most famous of all the Tauberlieder. Tauber also appeared in the show in London, singing countless encores of his song. • [edit] Performance history • • The work was originally produced under the title Die gelbe Jacke (The Yellow Jacket). This was presented at the Theatre an der Wien, Vienna on 9 February 1923 with Hubert Marischka as Sou-Chong. 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 Theatre, Berlin, on 10 October 1929. Tauber reprised his role in London (1931) and New York (1946), as well as in Vienna in 1930 (again at the Theatre an der Wien) and in 1938 (at the Vienna State Opera). • • 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. Starring Charles Craig, Elizabeth Fretwell and Bronhill, the show didn't attract the same audiences as The Merry Widow. However, Craig's singing on a recording is outstanding, with some top D♭ notes at the end of his big numbers. • Roles • Role Voice type Premiere Cast, • 10 October 1929 • (Conductor: Franz Lehár) • Prince Sou-Chong tenor Richard Tauber • Lisa soprano Vera Schwarz • Count Gustav von Pottenstein tenor Willi Stettner • Lore mezzo-soprano • Mi soprano Hella Kürty • Tschang baritone Adolf Edgar Licho • Fu Li spoken Ernst Morgan • [edit] Synopsis • • The operetta is set in Vienna and China in 1912. In Act I, in Vienna, the heroine Lisa, a Countess, marries a Chinese prince and returns with him to his homeland despite the warnings of her friends and family. In Act II, in Beijing, she finds that she is unable to come to terms with his culture, and especially that he must take other wives. He assures her that it's just a formality, but unhappiness is inevitable, and she is locked in the palace. Her love changes to hate. In Act III, Prince Sou-Chong is left alone, while his beloved Lisa returns to her homeland. His sister, Princess Mi had also become attached to the Viennese official Gustav, and so the ending is doubly sad. But the prince respects the rule of his custom: always smile. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land... • • Herbert Ernst Groh (born 27 May 1905 died 28 July 1982) was a popular Swiss tenor. • • Groh was born in Lucerne and subsequently studied in Zurich and Milan. One of his teachers was Carl Beines, who also taught Richard Tauber. • • He began his operatic singing career in Darmstadt in 1926, with engagements following in Frankfurt and Cologne and a successful tour of Italy in 1927, where he also began to make his first recordings using the name of Ernesto Groh. He then started to appear on German radio and devoted himself to developing a career as a recording artist - also making films, but soon giving up the stage - a career than lasted well into the LP era of the 1950s. • • He died in 1982 at Norderstedt near Hamburg. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_...

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