Sounds kind of like the operettas I saw in Olomouc--"Polská Krev" and "Perly Panny Serafiny." Greet fun, esp for the local croud that sang and clapped along with the finales. Some great singers, although no animals that I remember.
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) > On May 11, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > > > Nope, no jacket, just a goat. This "White Horse Inn" is a new one on > > me--does it call for horses, too? > > Benatzky. Properly the title is "AT the White Horse Inn" ("Im weissen > Rössl"). Large-scale operetta in the style of Léhar, J Strauss, > Kálmán, etc. > > The usual operetta plotlines set at an über-quaint retreat somewhere > in the Austrian alps. Luscious score with an abundance of melody. I > don't remember a goat, but I vaguely recall there was a bucolic > country-girl character, so I assume it was hers. > > mdl > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
