Die Winzerbraut (complete operetta)

Like many later operetta masters, Oskar Nedbal had received a classical education, in his case from Antonín Dvorák. When he concluded his studies at the age of eighteen in 1892, he had already founded the later famous Bohemian String Quartet - and would continue to serve as its violist until 1906. His sphere of influence then shifted to Vienna, where he enjoyed a career as a conductor but soon also felt the allure of the flourishing Viennese operetta market. Already his second operetta, Polenblut (Polish Blood) became an international success, and it continues to be his best-known work even today. His next work, Die Winzerbraut (The Vineyard Bride), again displayed national color, this time from Croatia. If the krakowiak sets the folk tone in Polenblut, then in Die Winzerbraut it is the kolo, a dance getting the listener into the mood for the work's milieu already in the overture. The Schönbrunn Music Theater and its director Herbert Mogg once again have made an important discovery with this new find!