Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – Over the Ocean Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – I Would Dance Because of Happiness Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – The Woman Breaks Down Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – Silvia's Entry Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – My Heart Is One Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – Do You Still Remember? Imre Kálmán: The Yankee Princess – Odette's Entry Imre Kálmán: Der Teufelsreiter – I Dreamed About You Today Imre Kálmán: Countess Maritza – Maritza's Entry Imre... Kálmán: Countess Maritza - St Habakuk Imre Kálmán: Countess Maritza – Hey, Gypsy Imre Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – You Ragged Life Imre Kálmán: Miss Springtime - Haccaccare Imre Kálmán: Countess Maritza – Tell Her I love Her Imre Kálmán: Countess Maritza – Cluj Napoca Imre Kálmán: Countess Maritza – Lilting Shoulders Accompanied on the piano by: László Szekeres “A Land far away, there we’ll be happy.” Who has not found themselves singing this waltz from Emmerich Kálmán’s The Gipsy Princess? It was written in the midst of the First World War and it was the Viennese who were the first to sing it. However, the German version is slightly different than the more evocative Hungarian: “Let’s do what swallows do and build a nest”, sings Edwin to Stasi, the bride chosen by his parents. Fortunately, nothing comes of this marriage. Instead, the story moves beyond familiar petit bourgeois territory and with the illogicality only found in operetta, takes aim at the impossible, which is why Andor Gábor’s Hungarian version, “A Land far away” is closer to the mark. The world of Kálmán’s operettas is Hungarian, indeed, “Monarchical”. It says more about the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy than historians can write about this uniquely absurd and yet functioning system. It is symbolic that the Budapest premiere of The Gypsy Princess coincided virtually with the death of Emperor Franz Joseph. A chapter in history had closed but this operetta and Kálmán’s others have proved immortal. There are several reasons why the students of the Academy of Music are performing Kálmán’s operetta melodies. He was born, just like Zoltán Kodály, 125 years ago. He was also a student at the Academy of Music, and even visited the same composition professor as Kodály, Bartók and Dohnányi. The truth is that Kálmán was unable to resist the temptations of the muse of light music and two years after his diploma concert at the Academy of Music, his operetta Gay Hussars conquered the citadellas of the operetta, Budapest and then Vienna. We at the Academy of Music are rather fond of Emmerich Kálmán. We share the same alma mater, so we will complete this semester with his music. Lightly, in summer fashion, and deservedly so. You will come and listen to us, won’t you?!” András Batta, rector
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