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Az obsitos (The Soldier on Leave) is anoperetta byEmmerich Kálmán. It has been performed under many different names.
The first version, in Hungarian, with alibretto by Károly von Bakonyi, premiered at theVígszínház, Budapest, on 16 March 1910.
The second, German version,Der gute Kamerad (The good comrade), with a libretto revised byViktor Léon, premiered at theBürgertheater, Vienna, on 10 October 1911. The location of the operetta was changed from Hungary to Austria. The main roles were sung byBetty Fischer [de],Louise Kartousch,Hubert Marischka andErnst Tautenhayn [de].
The third, more nationalistic, version,Gold gab ich für Eisen (I Gave Gold for Iron) was premiered at theTheater an der Wien on 16 October 1914. This was adapted, with additional music bySigmund Romberg and words byRida Johnson Young, asHer Soldier Boy which was first produced at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago where it opened on April 11, 1916 with a cast led by Margaret Romaine as Marlene Delaunay andArthur Albro as Alain Tenters.[1] The work was later staged on Broadway, at theAstor Theatre, from 6 December 1916 to 26 May 1917, and asSoldier Boy at theApollo Theatre,Shaftesbury Avenue,Westminster, in 1918.
A version produced byOhio Light Opera inWooster, Ohio, 2005 was calledA Soldier's Promise. This was based onDer gute Kamerad. It was recorded as a DVD.
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 16 March 1910 (Conductor: – ) |
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| Karoline | ||
| Marlene,her daughter | ||
| Alwin,friend of Karoline's son, Franz |
Karoline and her daughter Marlene do not know that their long-absent son and brother Franz has been killed in the war. Franz's soldier friend Alwin goes to tell them the news, but in the event, he can't bring himself to tell them the truth and introduces himself as Franz, whom they haven’t seen in many years. But things grow difficult when Alwin finds himself falling in love with his “sister”.
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