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'''''Prinz Methusalem''''' (''Prince Methusalem'') is an [[operetta]] written by [[Johann Strauss II]] to a [[libretto]] by [[Karl Treumann]], after Victor Wilder and Alfred Delacourt. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in [[Vienna]] at the [[Carltheater]]. It achieved a run of eighty performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.553936 |title=Strauss II, J.: Famous Overtures CD |access-date=October 11, 2008 |publisher=NaxosDirect |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505164334/http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.553936 |archive-date=May 5, 2009 }}</ref> The [[Potpourri (music)|pot-pourri]] overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.
'''''Prinz Methusalem''''' (''Prince Methusalem'') is an [[operetta]] written by [[Johann Strauss II]] to a [[libretto]] by [[Karl Treumann]], after Victor Wilder and [[Alfred Delacour]]. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in [[Vienna]] at the [[Carltheater]]. It achieved a run of eighty performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.553936 |title=Strauss II, J.: Famous Overtures CD |access-date=October 11, 2008 |publisher=NaxosDirect |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505164334/http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.553936 |archive-date=May 5, 2009 }}</ref> The [[Potpourri (music)|pot-pourri]] overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.


==Roles==
==Roles==

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Johann Strauss II

Prinz Methusalem (Prince Methusalem) is an operetta written by Johann Strauss II to a libretto by Karl Treumann, after Victor Wilder and Alfred Delacour. It was first performed on January 3, 1877 in Vienna at the Carltheater. It achieved a run of eighty performances.[1] The pot-pourri overture incorporates themes from the operetta, as well as other material that might have sometime been part of the planned score.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere cast, 3 January 1877
(Conductor: Johann Strauss II)
Herzog von Rikarak bass Josef Matras
Prinz Methusalem mezzo-soprano / tenor-baritone Antonie Link
Pulcinella soprano Caroline Finaly
Sigismund baritone Wilhelm Knaack
Sophistica mezzo-soprano Therese Braunecker-Schäfer

References

  1. ^ "Strauss II, J.: Famous Overtures CD". NaxosDirect. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2008.