FULL Das Veilchen vom Montmartre Tallinn 1986 Ants Kollo, Illart Orav, Arvo Laid, Helgi Sallo, Kalju Karask
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Das Veilchen vom Montmartre
- Composer: Kalman Emmerich (Imre)
- Libretto: Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Estonia Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia
- Recorded: 1986
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Ants Kollo, Illart Orav, Arvo Laid, Helgi Sallo, Kalju Karask, Anu Kaal, Ervin Kärvet, Karl Kalkun, Tonu Kilgas, Endel Simmermann, Juris Zigurs, Lidia Panova, Katrin Kumpan, Heino Raudam, Alari Poldoja
- Conductor: Vallo Järvi
- Orchestra: Orchestra of Estonia Theatre
- Stage Director: Sulev Nõmmik
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Eesti TV
- Date Published: 1986
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: arhiiv.err.ee FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Violet of Montmartre is an operetta in three acts by the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán . The libretto was written by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald . The premiere took place on 21 March 1930 in Vienna at the Johann Strauss Theater . The first performance in Hungary took place on 12 April 1935 at the Király Színház in Budapest under the title A montmartrei ibolya.
Plot
First Act
Three artists live together in the Paris district of Montmartre with little money: the painter Raoul, the composer Florimond and the writer Henri. The painter’s lover Ninon initially poses for a painting of Aphrodite . They get into an argument and split up. Violetta also loves the painter, but does not show it openly. Since no one has any money, she pawns a medallion to buy food. A bailiff appears, but to everyone’s surprise does not want to confiscate anything, but brings a large sum of money that was given to the artists by a patron. The three artists use the unexpected windfall to buy Violetta out of her dependence on her guardian.
Second Act
Ninon has gained a new friend and patron, the Minister of Arts Pipo de Frascati. With his support, she has become a well-known vaudeville singer. She still loves the painter Raoul and stays close to him. Violetta persuades the minister to give Raoul a job as a restorer in the Louvre . However, Ninon receives the thanks for her supposed help. The trio of artists are freed from their repeated financial worries and the bailiff when Florimond’s latest operetta is accepted.
Third Act
Florimond’s operetta has become a great success. Ninon is the prize-winning singer of the evening. When she receives a farewell letter from Raoul, she angrily leaves the theater. Violetta takes over her role and saves the performance. Meanwhile, a Baron Rothschild asks about the seller of the medallion. He reveals to Violetta that she is a Countess Bernini and has a lot of money. Violetta and Raoul finally get together.