Der Opernball


Der Opernball is an operetta in three acts with music by Richard Heuberger, and libretto by Viktor Léon and Heinrich von Waldberg, based on the 1876 comedy Les Dominos roses by Alfred Delacour and Alfred Hennequin. The 1877 farce The Pink Dominos and the 1914 musical To-Night's the Night are other adaptations of the original play.
Alexander von Zemlinsky assisted Heuberger with the orchestration. Its premiere was at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria, on 5 January 1898. The most famous number from the operetta is the waltz duet Geh'n wir in's Chambre séparée. The operetta remains in the repertoire of German-language opera companies, such as the Vienna Volksoper.

Roles

  • Theophil Beaubuisson, retiree
  • Palmyra Beaubuisson, his wife
  • Henri, naval cadet, their nephew
  • Paul Aubier
  • Angèle, wife of Paul and niece to Madame Beaubuisson
  • Georges Duménil
  • Marguérite Duménil, wife of Georges
  • Hortense, chambermaid of the Duménils
  • Féodora, a chansonette
  • Philippe, waiter in the opera entrance hall
  • Jean, Baptiste, Alfonse, waiters
  • Germain, a servant

Synopsis

The setting is Paris during Carnival, towards the end of the 19th century.
;Act 1
;Act 2
;Act 3

Film versions

Three films have been made of Der Opernball.