Richard Genée

Richard Genée, actually Franz Friedrich Richard Genée, ( born February 7, 1823 in Gdansk, † 15 June 1895 in Baden near Vienna ) was a German -Austrian librettist, playwright and composer.

Life

Genée was the son of opera singer (bass) and director of the Gdansk City Theatre Genée Friedrich ( 1795-1856 ).

He first studied medicine, then music and studied composition with A. Stahlknecht in Berlin. From 1848 he worked as a theater conductor in Reval, Riga, 1852/1853 in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Aachen, Gdansk, 1857 in Mainz, 1864/65 at the Prague National Theatre, then at the Court Opera Schwerin and at the Deutsche Oper in Amsterdam.

Richard Genée was a friend of Friedrich von Flotow and worked from 1868 a decade as Kapellmeister at the Theater an der Wien. Together with Franz cell ( operetta company cell and Genée ), he wrote a number of libretti for operettas of Strauss, Millöcker, Suppe, Ziehrer among others two of the most famous operettas, whose lyrics he co-authored, are Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss (along with Karl Haffner ) and The beggar Student of Millöcker (together with Franz cell ).

In 1876 he composed the operetta The midshipman. At the chess opening a case, the Seekadettenmatt is named after this operetta.

Genée spent the winter months in Berlin, during the summer months in Vienna, Preßbaum or in his house [note 1] in Baden - where he " during a spa stay " died and Protestant faith, was buried on June 17, 1895 at the city cemetery. Among the mourners, Johann Strauss, Karl and Karl Millöcker Komzák were.

1951 Geneegasse in Vienna Hietzing was named in his honor. More Richard Genée under assessment terms of traffic areas are detectable in Baden near Vienna (since 1995) and Untertullnerbach.

Works

  • PolyPhen or an adventure in Martinique in 1856
  • The violinist from Tirol 1857
  • The love ring in 1860
  • A tragedy in 1860
  • A fools dream 1861
  • The dress rehearsal 1862
  • The music enemy in 1862, operetta, ( Music: Richard Genée )
  • The gentlemen of the livery in 1862
  • The talismans 1863
  • Rosita 1864
  • The Black Prince 1866
  • The Zopfabschneider 1866
  • On Runestone 1868
  • Schwefeles, Hell Agent 1869
  • A concert rehearsal 1870
  • The Witches Sabbath 1870
  • The singer with three tones 1871
  • Carnival in Rome in 1873, together with Josef Brown, operetta in 3 acts, (music by Johann Strauss )
  • The Bat, 1874, together with Carl Haffner, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Johann Strauss )
  • Cleopatra or through three millennia of 1875
  • Cagliostro in Vienna in 1875, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (music by Johann Strauss )
  • Fatinitza 1876, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • The midshipman in 1876, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Richard Genée )
  • Castles in the air 1876
  • Nanon, the hostess of the Golden Lamb in 1877, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Richard Genée )
  • The Wonderful World of the Pyramids 1877
  • The last of the Mohicans 1878
  • The Fornarina 1879, together with F. Zell and Moritz West, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Carl Zeller )
  • Boccaccio in 1879, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • Countess Dubarry 1879, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Karl Millöcker )
  • The Lace Handkerchief 1880 Queen, along with Heinrich Bohrmann - squads, operetta in 3 acts, (music by Johann Strauss )
  • Apajune, the Aquarius in 1880, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Karl Millöcker )
  • Donna Juanita in 1880, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • Nisida 1880
  • The Gascon 1881, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • Rosina 1881
  • The Merry War in 1881, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Johann Strauss )
  • The Beggar Student 1882, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Karl Millöcker )
  • A Night in Venice in 1883, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Johann Strauss )
  • The trip to Africa, 1883, together with Moritz West, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • Gasparone 1884, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Karl Millöcker )
  • A woman made ​​in 1885
  • Gemini 1885
  • The Pirates 1886
  • The Vice- Admiral in 1886, together with F. Zell, operetta in 3 acts, (Music: Karl Millöcker )
  • The Thirteen 1887
  • The pursuit of happiness 1888, together with Bruno Zappert, operetta in 3 acts, ( Music: Franz von Suppe )
  • Signora Vedetta 1892
  • The watchful sentinel 1893
  • Friend Felix 1894
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