Comments on: Leo Fall’s “Die Dollarprinzessin” With Ulf Schirmer From Munich

By: ERNESTO G. OPPICELLI

ERNESTO G. OPPICELLI — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:13:25 +0000

THIS IS JUST FOR MR. DAVID WHEELER : Dear friend, I do not have the 90S BBC broadcast of Fall’s DIE DOLLARPRINZESSIN. I suppose you taped it on cd and I wonder if you may ever make a copy for Ernesto. Please do write me about – zellerego@gmail.com – THANKS A LOT and BEST WISHES for the holidays!
Ernesto Oppicelli
Genova – 16159 – Via Certosa 1 a int 3

By: Robert WENNERSTEN

Robert WENNERSTEN — Mon, 25 May 2020 19:18:57 +0000

The 1953 Marzalek Kaiserin recording solved the singers/actors problem by having two casts, one singers and one actors.

By: David Wheeler

David Wheeler — Sat, 23 May 2020 22:26:05 +0000

The 90s BBC broadcast with Vivian Tierney, Nigel Douglas, Mark Curtis, Sandra Dugdale and Justin Lavender is one I treasure. Tierney is a class act as Alice, bitchy, confident, feminine with sensuous singing

By: David Wheeler

David Wheeler — Sat, 23 May 2020 22:20:43 +0000

The 90s broadcast with Nigel Douglas, Vivian Tierney, Mark Curtis, Sandra Dygdal

By: Philip Carli

Philip Carli — Wed, 06 May 2020 19:41:04 +0000

And I apologize for my typing mistakes – the colour’s a bit hard to read – but I should mention the London version was for George _Edwardes_. not “Edward” as you put down. It was probably just a slip like mine were.

By: Philip Carli

Philip Carli — Wed, 06 May 2020 19:37:04 +0000

I’m going to listen – I haven’t yet – but frankly I would much prefer hearing a German version with its often _priginally_racy language than ANY English-language version, especially with what I consider intrusive “musical comedy” elements like the Kern interpolation. Leo Fall is Leo Fall, Richard Fall is Richard FallKern is Kern, Joseph Coyne couldn’t sing, and any modern translation would be “modern”. The original recordings with Fall conducting are so exciting and forward moving that I cannot conceive of ANY current orchestra that would play the music with such energy and “snap” – they’re too concerned with “perfection”, and that slows things down. I’d give a great deal to hear all of the recordings Fall conducted, and I’d give as much or more to hear the complete 1908 Berlin _Die lustige Witwe_ as it _includes dialogue_; I own one disc from it, the “Weibermarsch” on one side and the other having the succeeding dialogue. Any way, I’ll give this Dollarprinzessin a try – I’m most interested in the 2nd act finale – and hope Christian Zqarg or someone puts out the 1908 Lehar. But I’d much rather hear a Princess show than Kern showing up in a Viennese work, good as his piece _might_ be.