Cat No 4762100

MusicalComedy in 3 Acts, to a libretto by Willmer & Reichert, translated intoFrench by Hugues Delorme & Léon Alric.

AiméDoniat (Schubert),  Lina Dachary (Annette),  Colette Louvois (Jeannette),  Freda Betty (Nanette),  André Mallabrera (le Baron Franz),  Gaston Rey (M. Muhl),  Germaine Parat (Mme. Muhl),  Nicole Broissin (Carlina), fullcast,  Chorus and SymphonyOrchestra cond. Jésus Etcheverry.

HungarianHenri Berté got some bad press for his musical 'Das Dreimälderhaus' (translatedinto French as 'Chanson d'Amour'!), but it has survived better than any of hisoriginal ballets or operettas, entirely because most of the music is actuallyby Schubert!  The storyline includes theViennese composer, which provides an excuse for Berté's unashamed plagiarism -but the main justification for the whole exercise is that it makes a delightfulpiece of musical theatre, beautifully realised in this unique 1962 recording,with a superb French cast conducted by the admirable Jésus Etcheverry.