Berlin Operetta 1937: Maske in Blau

Maske in Blau (The Blue Mask) Part 1,2, Potpourri from the Operette “Maske in Blau” (Fred Raymond / Günther Schwenn) - Carla Spletter (soprano), Franz Klarwein (tenor) with Schuricke-Terzett and Orchestra of the Reichsoper, Berlin, Imperial 1937 (German)
NOTE: Operetta “Maske in Blau” was an enormous success in Germany in 1937, staged at the Metropol-Theater - the best lighter-music scene in Berlin. The action was set in the 1930s in the most attractive surroundings (Part 1 in San Remo in Italy, Part 2 in the large plantation on Rio Negro river in Argentine) and full of beautiful music composed by Czech-born Austrian composer Fred Raymond - author of immense number of German dance & cabaret hits in the 1920s and 30s: Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren, (I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg), Ich hab' das Fräul'n Helen baden seh'n (I Saw Miss Helen Bathing) or Ich reiß' mir eine Wimper aus (I Lost An Eyelash) - “Maske in Blau” immediately became a German Operetta classic. It was filmed twice in Germany in 1943 and 1953.
The music pieces:
Part 1
Juliska aus Budapest [Juliska From Budapest] (Hungarian fox-trot)
In dir hab’ ich mein Glück gefunden [I Found My Happiness In You] (tango)
Am Rio Negro [On Rio Negro] (Argentinian Tango)
Frühling in San Remo [Spring In San Remo] (Waltz)
Part 2
Schau einer schönen Frau nicht zu tief in die Augen, denn was ihr Blick verspricht, das hält sie nicht [Don’t Look Too Deeply Into Beautiful Women’s Eyes, For What They Promise, Will Not Be Kept] (Song)
Ja, das Temp’rament (Fox-Trot)
Maske in Blau (Song)
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Carla SPLETTER - German soprano, educated at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy". She was member of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin from 1935 to 1945. After 1945 Carla Spletter moved to Hamburg to join the Hamburgische Staatsoper. Her last appearance was in 1953, when she had died within a few months thereafter, diagnosed cancer at the age of 41. She was a wife of Peter Bischoff, who had won a gold medal in sailing at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Franz KLARWEIN - German lyric tenor who studied singing at the music colleges of Frankfurt a. M. and Berlin. He made his debut in 1937 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, to which he belonged till 1942. Since that time he was also a member of the Bayerischen Staatsoper in Munich. He retired from the stage in 1977.

[@davidheger670]

Lovely Austro-Hungarian music, as delicious as Sachertorte mit Schlag! Nice images too.

[@240252]

Indeed, Fred Raymond was an Austro-Hungarian citizen although his heyday in music was the Weimar Republic and the 1930s. in Germany. This Operetta is a perfect example of the Mitteleuropean taste. Bon apetit über deine leckeren Sacher und Schlagsahne !

[@whensunnygetsblue5252]

Azul ultramarino, índigo, lapislázuli, amo ese tono de azul, bellísimas máscaras venecianas, estupenda música y "Que la música viva por siempre". Le quedo muy agradecida por tan fantástico montaje 💙🙇💎🙌🎭🙏

[@240252]

¡Gracias! También amo las máscaras venecianas. ¡Y Venecia también!

[@jrakg]

Many thanks, 240252. I love these potpourris, produced in Germany in the 1930s.

[@240252]

Yes, Germans were the best specialists in producing all kinds of the Opera or Operetta "potpourris" as well as many other kinds of the easy-listening musical gadgets. Also in UK or even in USA such records were not rare: I have some of them eg. the American potpourri from the Show Boat 1927 or British potpourri of the scottish songs. .

[@jrakg]

Re your mention of UK selections, one I yearn to hear again is a 12" HMV of selections from "Toad of Toad Hall" by the New Mayfair Orchestra (vocalists unnamed). Cheers!

[@240252]

Hi, the one I'm writing about is Jack Hylton's. Perhaps I should upload it some day. Regards.

[@ute-susanneschroeder7906]

Ich liebe - Maske in blau....!

Suma belleza, gracias

[@240252]

Bien gracias y saludar :-)

Muchísimas gracias ¡Que tenga un muy buen día!