Matinee: Fräulein, bitte sind Sie musikalisch?

Viennese Operetta Composers in Exile
Matinee

Sunday, August 23, 2026, 11 a.m.

Lobby of the Kongress & TheaterHaus Bad Ischl
Kurhausstraße 8
4820 Bad Ischl

Operetta is—also—female. Its female authors were exiled and forgotten:

Camilla Frydan (born Herzl, married name Friedmann; pseudonym Herzer), composer and librettist of the title song, is one of the most “Viennese” of artists. Her operettas, a blend of Singspiel and cabaret revue, premiered at various Viennese theaters.

Another operetta composer who was just as famous in her day was Henry Love. Her real name was Hilde Loewe (Loewy), married name Flatter, and after her first big hit “Das alte Lied”—later sung by great tenors from Richard Tauber to Peter Schreier—she adopted the male pseudonym “Henry Love” for better marketability, as the Viennese publisher Bohème-Verlag noted.

The program also features enchanting music by Harry Harald (i.e., Hilde Gerigk) and other Viennese female composers.

Performers: Wolfgang Dosch, Andrea Schwab (vocals and narration), Harumichi Fujiwara, Asoko Hosoki (piano), singers of the Lehár Festival Bad Ischl