Viktoria und ihr Husar
Viktoria und ihr Husar (Victoria and Her Hussar) is an operetta in three acts and a prelude by Paul Abraham with a libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda, based on a work by the Hungarian Emmerich Földes (also Emric or Imre Foeldes). It premiered on 21 February 1930 in Budapest (or on 23 December 1930 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna).
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 21 February, 1930 (Conductor: ) |
|---|---|---|
| John Cunlight, American legate | bass | |
| Countess Viktoria, his wife | soprano | |
| Count Ferry Hededüs of Doroszma, her brother | tenor | |
| O Lia San, Ferry's bride | soubrette | |
| Riquette, Viktoria's chamber maid | soubrette | |
| Stefan Koltay, Hussar Cavalry Master | tenor | |
| Jancsi, his batman | tenor | |
| Béla Pörkölty, mayor of Doroszma | baritone | |
| A Japanese priest | baritone | |
| Tokeramo Yagani, Japanese attaché | spoken | |
| A Russian officer | spoken | |
| A Japanese footman | spoken | |
| Japanese cavaliers and girls, guests, servants, chamber maids, coolies, Cossacks, Hussars. | ||
Synopsis
Place and time: Siberia, Japan, Hungary; after 1918.
Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her first love, the Hussar captain Stefan Koltay, was killed in World War I. She marries the American legate John Cunlight and resettles at the American embassy in Tokyo. Koltay reappears, alive; the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.
Notable arias
- Ungarland, Donauland (or Ungarland, Heimatland)
- Pardon, Madame, ich bin verliebt
- Meine Mama war aus Yokohama, aus Paris ist der Papa
- Nur ein Mädel gibt es auf der Welt
- Mausi, süß warst du heute Nacht
- Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände
- Ja so ein Mädel, ungarisches Mädel
- An der Newa
Film adaptations
- Viktoria und ihr Husar (1931) at IMDb
- Viktoria und ihr Husar (1954) at IMDb
- Victoria und ihr Husar (1982) at IMDb