Sona Ghazarian - J. Strauss II: INDIGO UND DIE 40 RAÜBER, Bacchanale waltz, 1974 High E-flat

Sona Ghazarian - J. Strauss II: INDIGO UND DIE 40 RAÜBER, Bacchanale waltz, 1974 High E-flat - YouTube

For the 2021 holiday season, I'm posting a series of festive concert waltzes for coloratura soprano through New Year's Eve. THE SONGBIRD: Sona Ghazarian was an operatic star in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Beirut in 1945, she studied in Rome and then joined the Vienna State Opera in 1972, becoming a regular there in leading lyric-coloratura roles for 25 years. Roles included everything from Adina to Zdenka. She can be heard in a few studio recordings and a couple solo recital discs (on the regional Austrian label Amadeo). THE MUSIC: Johann Strauss II was the son of Johann Strauss, and brother to Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss. All were Viennese composers in the 19th century who specialized in sophisticated waltzes and light music, but Johann II's music was (and remains) the most popular. He was known as "The Waltz King" in his time and most of the Viennese waltzes we hum now were composed by him -- not to mention the enormously successful and genre-defining operettas such as "Die Fledermaus," "Der Zigeunerbaron," and "Wiener Blut." One of his lesser known operettas, "Indigo und die 40 Raüber" (Indigo and the 40 Thieves), premiered in Vienna in 1870. Based on the tale of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves," it had only moderate success. The character of Fantasca sings this drinking song waltz in the "Bacchanale" in Act Two. At the premiere, the role was sung by Marie Geistinger, who later sang Rosalinde in the 1874 premiere of "Die Fledermaus."

 

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