Emmerich (Imre) Kálmán

ungarian composer: Born Siófok, 24 October, 1882; Died Paris 30 October, 1953

Stage Works

  1. Tatárjárás [The Gay Hussars] (operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Károly von Bako nyi), Budapest, 1908; English lyrics by Grant Stewart; Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 29 July, 1909 (44 perfs)

  2. Ein Herbstmanöver (Viennese adaptation of Tatárjárás; Libretto by Károly Bakonyi and Robert Bodanzky); Vienna, 1909

  3. Az obsitos [The Soldier on Leave] (Libretto by Károly Bakonyi), Budapest, 1910

  4. Der gute Kamerad (Libretto by Károly Bakonyi and Victor Léon), Vienna, 1911; rev. as Gold gab ich für Eisen, Vienna, 1914; As Her Soldier Boy, (Libretto by Rida Johnson Young); Astor Theatre, New York 6 December, 1916

  5. Der Zigeunerprimas (The Gipsy Violinist) (Libretto by Fritz Grünbaum and Julius Wilhelm); Johann Strauß Theater, Vienna, 11 October, 1912; as Sári (libretto by Catherine Chisholm Cushing and E.P. Heath) Liberty Theatre, New York, 13 January, 1914

  6. Der kleine König (Robert Bodanzky, after Károly Bakonyi, Ferenc Martos ), Vienna, 1912

  7. The Blue House (operetta; 1 act; Libretto by A. Hurgon), London, 1912

  8. Kivándorlók [The Emigrants] (Libretto by A. Gábor), Budapest, 1913

  9. Zsuzsi kisasszony(Libretto by Ferenc Martos , Miksa Bródy ), Budapest, 1915; American adaptation as Miss Springtime; book by Guy Bolton, lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse and Herbert Reynolds; New Amsterdam Theatre, New York; 25 September, 1916 (224 perfs)

  10. Die Csárdásfürstin ( The Gypsy Princess) (Operetta; 3 acts; Book and lyrics by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach); Johann Strauß Theater, Vienna, 17 November, 1915; As The Riviera Girl, (Libretto by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse) New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 24 September, 1917 (100 perfs)

  11. Die Faschingsfee (Libretto by A. M. Wilner, R. Oesterreicher), Vienna, 1917

  12. Das Hollandweibchen (A Little Dutch Girl) (Libretto by Stein, Jenbach), Vienna, 1920

  13. Die Bajadere (The Bayadere) (Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald), Carltheater, Vienna, 23 December, 1921; as The Yankee Princess (adaptation by William Baron and B.G. deSylva; Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, 2 October, 1922 (80 perfs)

  14. Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza) (Operetta; 3 acts; libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald); Theater an der Wein, Vienna, 28 Februart, 1924; as Countess Maritza (adaptation by Harry B. Smith with additional numbers by Sigmund Romberg and Al Goodman; Shubert Theatre, New York, 18 September, 1926

  15. Die Zirkusprinzessin (Libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald), Vienna, 1926

  16. Golden Dawn (Libretto by Otto Harbech and Oscar Hammerstein), collab. H. Stothart, New York, 1927

  17. Die Herzogin von Chicago (Libretto by Brammer, Grünwald), Vienna, 1928

  18. Das Veilchen von Montmartre (Paris in Spring) (Libretto by Brammer, Grünwald), Vienna, 1930

  19. Ronny (film operetta), 1931

  20. Der Teufelsreiter (Libretto by R. Schanzer, E. Welisch), Vienna, 1932

  21. Kaiserin Josephine (Libretto by P. Knepler, G. Herczeg), Zurich, 1936

  22. Marinka (Libretto by K. Farkas, G. Marton), New Haven, 1945

  23. Arizona Lady(Libretto by Grünwald, G. Beer), completed Charles Kálmán, Berne, 1954