Operetta by Imre Kálmán
Libretto by Leo Stein and Béla Jenbach, translation by Mart Sander
World premiere on November 17, 1915 at Johann Strauß-Theater (Vienna)
Premiere at the Estonian National Opera on September 16, 2010

Music Director and Conductor: Jüri Alperten
Conductors: Mihhail Gerts, Erki Pehk
Stage Director and Designer: Mart Sander
Choreographer: Marina Kesler
Fight choreography: Hellar Bergmann
Lighting Desinger: Anton Kulagin

Imre Kálmán is the third great composer of the Vienna operetta besides Johann Strauss and Franz Lehár. The operetta Ein Herbstmanöver that premiered at the Theater an der Wien in 1908 showed the talent of the young composer in this genre. Commissions for many theatre’s followed – seven more operettas fit between Ein Herbstmanöver and Die Csárdásfürstin that premiered in 1915. The brilliant, passionate and sentimental Die Csárdásfürstin is considered the peak of Kálmán’s creation and one of the most important pieces in the history of operetta. The composer tried to give dramatic profoundness to the plot line of the operetta and this is why Die Csárdásfürstin can be considered an operetta version of La traviata with a happy ending. The rhythms of waltz, czardas and foxtrot have been blended into the music of the piece.

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