Oscar Straus

Sun 12 Feb: IN DEEP SILENCE II Kasteel Cortewalle, Beveren, België

Tue 14 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre Stadsschouwburg, Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam, Nederland

Thu 16 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre NTGent, Sint Baafsplein 17, Gent, België

Sat 18 Feb: Centenary celebration Yvre l'Eveque, Le Mans, France

Sat 18 Feb: 2012 Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York

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(1879) Franz von Suppé: Premiere of Boccaccio, in Vienna, Austria.

(1903) Anton Bruckner: Premiere of Symphony no. 9 in d minor, in Vienna, Austria.

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Operettas

Die lustigen Nibelungen (The Merry Nibelungs) – 1904
Zur indischen Witwe – 1905
Hugdietrichs Brautfahrt (Hugdietrich’s Honeymoon) – 1906
Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream) – 1907
Der tapfere Soldat (The Gallant Soldier, The Chocolate Soldier) – 1908
Didi – 1908
Das Tal der Liebe – 1909
Mein junger Herr (My Son John) – 1910
Der tapfere Cassian (The Brave Cassian) – 1912
The Dancing Viennese – 1912
Love and Laughter – 1913
Rund um die Liebe – 1914
Liebeszauber – 1916
Der letzte Walzer – 1920
Die Musik kommt – 1928
Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will – 1932
Drei Walzer – 1935
Ihr erster Walzer (revised version, Die Musik kommt) – 1950
Bozena – 1952

Ballets

Colombine – 1904
Die Prinzessin von Tragant – 1912

Film music

Jenny Lind – 1930
Danube Love Song – 1931 (never released due to backlash against musicals)
The Smiling Lieutenant – 1932
The Southerner – 1932
One Hour With You – 1932
Die Herren von Maxim – 1933
Frühlingsstimmen – 1934
Land Without Music – 1935
Make a Wish – 1935
La ronde – 1950

Life

The original name of Oscar Straus was Strauss (with two ‘s’), but he skipped the last is because he did not want to be associated with the members of the famous .

In 1939 he fled to Paris because of the Nazis, and became a French citizen. He also went to Hollowood. After the war he returned to Europe, and settled in bad Ischl.

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