Srećko Albini
Srećko Albini | |
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| Born | 10 December 1869 |
| Died | 18 April 1933 (aged 63) |
| Other names | Felix Albini |
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Srećko (Felix) Albini (10 December 1869 – 18 April 1933) was a Croatian composer, conductor, and music publisher. He was primarily known for his operettas, some of which were adapted into English and performed in London and New York.
Life and career
Albini was born in
The National Theatre's resident opera company suspended its activities between 1903 and 1909, and Albini moved to Vienna, where he continued composing and conducting. He returned to the National Theatre in 1909, serving there as both a conductor and a stage director until 1919. However, he had ceased his activities as a composer after 1909. Albini went on to become a music publisher and also founded and ran the Croatian Copyright Centre. He died in Zagreb at the age of 63.[1]
Works
According to the Croatian musicologist Ivan Zivanović, Albini's music combined "an exuberant melodic invention and skillful sense of drama [that] transcended the musical and dramatic limitations characteristic of operetta of his time."[1] Albini's operettas include:
- Der Nabob, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Leopold Krenn; premiered at the Carltheater, Vienna, 1905
- Madame Troubadour, vaudeville-operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, 1907[a]
- Baron Trenck, comic operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky; premiered at the Altes Stadttheater, Leipzig, 1908[b]
- Die Barfußtänzerin, operetta in 2 acts, libretto by Béla Jenbach; premiered at the Altes Stadttheater, Leipzig, 1909[c]
- Die kleine Baronesse, operetta in 1 act, libretto by Robert Bodanzky; premiered at the Apollo-Theater, Vienna, 1909
Notes
- Nazimova's 39th Street Theatre in New York in an English adaptation by Joseph W. Herbert[4]
- ^ Also performed in an English adaptation by Frederick Franklin Schrader and Henry Blossom at London's Whitney Theatre in 1911 and New York's Casino Theatre in 1912[5]
- Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 1921[6]
References
- ^ Grove Music Online. Retrieved 23 March 2020 (subscription required for full access)
- ISBN 0028714458
- ^ Schulz, Ernst (January 1902). "Oper". Die Musik, pp. 623–624 (in German)
- Dodd Mead.
- ISBN 0810893002
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Felix Albini". Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 24 March 2020 (in Italian).
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