Overview
In the Temesvar Province, a landowner returned from exile marries a gypsy girl who is revealed to be the daughter of a Turkish Pasha and the rightful owner of a hidden treasure. Next to "Die Fledermaus", DER ZIGEUNERBARON is Johann Strauss’s most popular operetta. The libretto gave Strauss the chance to revel in such contrasting musical forms as the Csárdás and the Viennese waltz. The style of the lied forms and ensembles is so original and finely balanced that the "Gypsy Baron" can truly be called a comic opera. Among the leading names of the stellar cast in this exuberant 1975 film of the operetta are Wolfgang Brendel, Ivan Rebroff, Janet Perry, Ellen Shade, Martha Mödl and, in the role that launched his career, Siegfried Jerusalem as Sándor Barinkay.
Production
Unitel · Deutsche Grammophon
Cast & Characters
Siegfried Jerusalem
Sándor Barinkay
Ellen Shade
Saffi
Wolfgang Brendel
Graf Hamonay
Hans Kraemmer
Conte Carnero
Ivan Rebroff
Kálmán Zsupán
Janet Perry
Arsena
Martha Mödl
Mirabella
Willi Brokmeier
Ottokar
Biserka Cvejic
Czipra
Directors & Crew
Ignaz Schnitzer
Writer
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Director
