Giuditta
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Giuditta is an operatic Musikalische Komödie in five acts, with music by Franz Lehár and a German libretto, by Paul Knepler and Fritz Löhner. Scored for a large orchestra, it was Lehár's last and most ambitious work, written on a larger scale than the operetta theatre. The best known selection from the work is the soprano aria "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß".
The work received its first performance at the Vienna State Opera on 20 January 1934, with Jarmila Novotná and Richard Tauber in the leading roles.
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, January 20, 1934 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Anita, a fishergirl | soprano | |
| Antonio | baritone | |
| Giuditta | soprano | Jarmila Novotná |
| Manuele Biffi, Giuditta's husband | baritone | |
| Octavio | tenor | Richard Tauber |
| Pierrino, a fruit seller | tenor | |
| Profesor Martini | bass | |
| Sebastiano | tenor |
[edit] Recording
- Decca GOS 583-4: Hilde Güden; Waldemar Kmentt; Murray Dickie; Emmy Loose; Walter Berry; Oscar Czerwenka; Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orch; Rudolf Moralt, conductor[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Lamb, Andrew, "Record Reviews: Giuditta (July 1970). The Musical Times, 111 (1529): pp. 717-718.
[edit] Sources
Giuditta by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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