Leopold Wenzel
Léopold de Wenzel (23 January 1847 – 21 August 1923), also known as Leopold Wenzel, was an Italian conductor and composer.
Born in
Edwardian period. He also composed songs that were incorporated into some works of musical theatre.[3] He died in Asnières, near Paris.[4]
Selected works
Ballets with choreographer Katti Lanner at the Empire[5]
- A Dream of Wealth (1889)
- Cécile (1890)
- Dolly (1890)
- Orfeo (1891)[6]
- By the Sea (1891)
- Nisita (1891)
- Versailles (1892)[6]
- Round the Town (1892)
- Katrina (1893)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (1893)
- Brighton (Paris Olympia music hall)[7]
- Monte Cristo (1896)[6]
- Under One Flag (1897)
- The Press (1898)
- Alaska (1898)
- Round the Town Again6 (1899)
- Sea-Side (1900)
- Les Papillons (1901)
- Old China (1901)
- Our Crown (1902)
- The Milliner Duchess (1903)
- Vineland (1903)
- High Jinks (1904)
- Operas
- Le Chevalier Mignon (1884, Paris)
- L'Élève du Conservatoire (1894, Paris)
- Other works
- An Artist's Model, an Edwardian musical comedy (1895) (additional numbers)[9]
Notes
- ^ Opera Glass
- ^ "Retirement of Gaiety Conductor", The Observer, 23 February 1913, p. 10
- ISBN 0-7190-4506-1
- ^ Profile of Wenzel
- ^ Guest, "Appendix A: Ballets Produced at the Empire Theatre, 1884-1915"
- ^ a b c Guest, "Appendix C: Some Empire Ballets: Selected Scenarios"
- ^ Poster from "Grand Ballet: Brighton" at the Olympia Archived 2007-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of cast and crew for Cinder Ellen and other Cinderella adaptations
- ^ Johnson, Colin, M. Links to Midi files for songs in An Artist's Model, including the songs composed by Wenzel, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 31 March 2018
References
- Guest, Ivor. The Empire Ballet (1962) London:Society for Theatre Research
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