UMS Concert Program, March 1, 1974: The Franz Lehar Orchestra --

Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 3869
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
THE FRANZ LEHAR ORCHESTRA
EDUARD MACKU, Conductor
in
Forever Yours
The Golden and Silver Ages of Viennese Operetta
with
FEERY GRUBER ELFIE GUBITZER DORIT HANAK FRANZ ISVANITS
CLAES JAKOBSSOX GERHARD KAHRY ELFIE MAYERHOFER MARTIN MEIR
HANSGUNTHER MULLER NERA NICOL JOSEMARIA PEREZ RUZENA SVOBODOVA
Friday Evening, March 1, 1974, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ninth Concert Ninetyfifth Annual Choral Union Series Complete Programs 3869
PROGRAM
Overture Medley of Songs from Operettas by.....Franz Lehas
The World is Beautijul Eva The Czarevich Gypsy Love
The Gold and Silver Waltz..........Franz Lehak
Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood).......Johann Strauss, Jr.
"I Wish You Good Morning, Herr von Pepi" Dorit Hanak and Ferry Gruber
"Good Morning, Sweet Child"
RUZENA SVOBODOVA AND MARTIN MEIEH
"Greetings, My Little Love Nest" Elfie Mayerhofer
"There Is Something Suspicious About It"
Ruzena Svobodova, Elfie Mayerhofer, Ferry Grubex, Martin Meier and Claes Jakobsson
Duet Martin Meier and Ferry Gruber
Finale: "Wiener Blut" The Company
Paganini..............Franz Lehab
Overture and Violin Solo
Soloist: Franz Istvanits
"I Love to Kiss the Women"
Josemaria Perez or Gerhard Kahry
"Sometimes I Like to Do Something Foolish" Nera Nicol and Men Dancers
"My Love, You Are Heaven on Earth" Dorit Hanak
Land oj Smiles.............Franz Lehar
"Yours Is My Heart Alone"
Josemaria Perez or Gerhard Kahry
Giuditta...............Franz Lehak
"My Lips Kiss So Warmly"
Elfie Mayerhofer and The Ballet
The Merry Widow............Franz Lehar
"When I Go To Maxim's" Claes Jakobsson
"Ballsirenen" (Waltz)
Claes Jakobsson and The Ballet
"Viljalied"
Ruzena Svobodova
"The Rose Ensemble" All Singers
"The Grisetten CanCan"
Nera Nicol and The Ballet
"Lippen Schweigen" (The Merry Widow Waltz)
RUZENA SVOBODOVA AND CLAES JAKOBSSON
"Women" The Company
INTERMISSION
Vienna Will Always Be Vienna (March to the Wine Garden) . Johann Schrammel The Franz Lehar Orchestra and Soloists The Schrammel Quartet
A Night at the Heuriger (Wine Garden)
A Medley of Favorite Drinking Songs and Wiener Lieder
"Du Marchenstadt im Donautal" Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Anne Polka" .. Johann Strauss, Jr.
"TritschTratsch Polka" Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Come Gypsy, Play Gypsy" Emmerich Kalman
"Komm mit nach Varasdin" Emmerich Kalman
"Softly, So Softly" Oscar Strauss
"Come, Hero of My Dreams" Oscar Strauss
"Kissing Is No Sin" Edmund Eisler
"Golden Days" Sigmund Romberg "Wien, Wien nur du Allein"--and others The Company
Fledermaus............Johann Strauss, Jr.
Overture and Third Act Intermezzo
The Franz Lehar Orchestra and Ferry Gruber
"Ein Souper uns heute winkt" The Company
"Drink, My Dearest, Drink Quickly"
Josemaria Perez or Gerhard Kahry and ruzena svobodova
"Ah, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen . . ." Martin Meier
"My Dear Marquis" Elfie Mayerhofer
"Im Feuerstrom der Reben" The Company
"Bruderlein und Schwesterlein"
Claes Jakobsson and Company
"On the Beautiful Blue Danube" (Waltz) The Ballet
Finale: "Fledermaus" The Company
FOREVER YOURS -THE COMPANY Dancers
Sally Angus Karin Burak Rosemary Horton Caroline Palmer Bonita Willies
Adam Hopfel Jon Howell Victor Kravchenko Geoffrey Wynne Lynton Vickery
Musicians
Eduard Altmann Siegfried Andraschek Franz Batik Friedrich Bauer Anton Berg Wolfgang Breyer Ernst Chalaupek Engelbert Exl Herbert Faltynek Leopold Freistadter Thomas D. Griego Franz Gruber Hermann Hobart Oswald Hofbauer Friedrich Hurdes Franz Istvanitz Guy Anthony Johnson Miroslav Kalcu
Franz Kirch ner
Joscfine Kysilka
Josef Herbert Kysilka
Gerhard Kipperer
Viktor Mayerhofer
Michael Nagy
Mark Nesper
KarlHeinz Neubrand
Franz Paule
August Petzmann
Egon Rcbernig
Heinrich Schutz
Roland Schwarzenegger
Wolfgang Seiter
Adolf Stallecker
Herbert Stieglitz
Wilhelmine Unterhohenwarter
Wilhelm Zahalka
Artistic Coordinator, Olga Altmann Decor by Leo Meyer Book by Wilfried Stf.inf.r
Staged by Ferry Gruber Choreography by Anna Vaughan Costumes by Lambert Hoper
REMAINING EVENTS
Vienna Choir Boys ....
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist, and Hephzibah Menuhin, Pianist
Norwegian National Ballet .
Romero Quartet, Guitarists .
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra Thor Johnson, Music Director
Roumanian Folk Ballet Kathak Dancers, North India . Early Music Consort of London . Nikolais Dance Theatre ....
May Festival.....
. Monday, 8:00, March 11
Wednesday, 8:30, March 13
. Saturday, 8:00, March 16 and Sunday, 3:00 and 8:00, March 17
. Wednesday, 8:30, March 20 Sunday, 3:00, March 24
. . . . Friday, 8:00, March 29
. Wednesday, 8:30, April 3
. Saturday, 8:30, April 13
. Thursday, 8:00, April 18 and Friday, 8:00, April 19
WednesdaySaturday, 8:30, May 1, 2, 3, 4
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