Emmerich (Imre) Kálmán
ungarian composer: Born Siófok, 24 October, 1882; Died Paris 30 October, 1953
Stage Works
- 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)
- Ein Herbstmanöver (Viennese adaptation of Tatárjárás; Libretto by Károly Bakonyi and Robert Bodanzky); Vienna,
1909
- Az obsitos [The Soldier on Leave] (Libretto by Károly
Bakonyi), Budapest, 1910
- 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
- 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
- Der kleine König (Robert Bodanzky, after Károly
Bakonyi, Ferenc Martos ), Vienna, 1912
- The Blue House (operetta; 1 act; Libretto by A. Hurgon),
London, 1912
- Kivándorlók [The Emigrants] (Libretto by
A. Gábor), Budapest, 1913
- 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)
- 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)
- Die Faschingsfee (Libretto by A. M. Wilner, R. Oesterreicher),
Vienna, 1917
- Das Hollandweibchen (A Little Dutch Girl) (Libretto by
Stein, Jenbach), Vienna, 1920
- 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)
- 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
- Die Zirkusprinzessin (Libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald),
Vienna, 1926
- Golden Dawn (Libretto by Otto Harbech and Oscar Hammerstein), collab.
H. Stothart, New York, 1927
- Die Herzogin von Chicago (Libretto by Brammer, Grünwald),
Vienna, 1928
- Das Veilchen von Montmartre (Paris in Spring) (Libretto by Brammer,
Grünwald), Vienna, 1930
- Ronny (film operetta), 1931
- Der Teufelsreiter (Libretto by R. Schanzer, E. Welisch), Vienna,
1932
- Kaiserin Josephine (Libretto by P. Knepler, G. Herczeg), Zurich,
1936
- Marinka (Libretto by K. Farkas, G. Marton), New Haven, 1945
- Arizona Lady(Libretto by Grünwald, G. Beer), completed Charles Kálmán, Berne, 1954