Leon Jessel - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • Die Brautwerbung (The Courtship) (Operetta in 1 Act; Text: Else Gehrke, premiere: 1894, Celle)
  • Kruschke am Nordpol (Kruschke at the North Pole) (Operetta in 1 Act; Text: Max Reichardt, premiere: 1896, Kiel)
  • Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten ("The Parade of the Tin Soldiers" aka "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers") (Character piece, solo piano. Sold in 1897; published for orchestra in 1905, Opus 123)
  • Der Rose Hochzeitszug ("The Wedding of the Rose") (Character piece / Two-Step for piano or orchestra. Written: 1905, Opus 216)
  • Die beiden Husaren (The Two Hussars) (Operetta; Text: Wilhelm Jacoby and Rudolf Schanzer, premiere: 6 February 1913, Theater des Westens, Berlin)
  • Wer zuletzt lacht (Who Laughs Last) (Musical comedy; Text: Arthur Lippschitz and Albert Bernstein-Sawersky, premiere: 31 December 1913, Theater an der Weidendammer Brücke, Berlin)
  • Schwarzwaldmädel (Black Forest Girl), (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 25 August 1917, Komische Oper, Berlin)
  • Ein modernes Mädel (A Modern Girl) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 28 June 1918, Volkstheater, Munich)
  • Ohne Männer kein Vergnügen (No Pleasure Without Men) (Dance Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 1918, Berlin)
  • Die närrische Liebe (The Foolish Love) (Singspiel; Text: Jean Kren, premiere: 1919, Berlin)
  • Verliebte Frauen (Women in Love) (Vaudeville; Text: Alexander Pordes-Milo, premiere: 1920, Königsberg)
  • Schwalbenhochzeit (The Swallows' Wedding) (Operetta; Text: Alexander Pordes-Milo, premiere: 28 January 1921, Theater des Westens, Berlin)
  • Die Postmeisterin (The Postmistress) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 3 February 1921, Central-Theater, Berlin)
  • Das Detektivmädel (The Girl Detective) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 1921, Berlin)
  • Des Königs Nachbarin (The King's Lovely Neighbor) (Singspiel; Text: Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 15 April 1923, Wallner-Theater, Berlin)
  • Der keusche Benjamin (Chaste Benjamin) (Operetta; Text: Max Steiner-Kaiser and Hans Bodenstedt, premiere: 1923 Hamburg)
  • Meine Tochter Otto (My Daughter Otto) (Operetta; Text: Fritz Grünbaum and Wilhelm Sterk, premiere: 1924, Berlin)
  • Prinzessin Husch (Princess Husch) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 1925, Hamburg)
  • Die kleine Studentin (The College Girl) (Operetta; Text: Leo Kastner and Alfred Möller, premiere: 1926, Stettin)
  • Mädels, die man liebt (Girls You Love) (Musical; Text: Leo Kastner and Alfred Möller, premiere: 1927, Hamburg)
  • Die Luxuskabine (The Luxurious Cabin) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 1929, Leipzig)
  • Junger Wein (Young Wine) (Operetta; Text: August Neidhart, premiere: 1 September 1933, Theater des Westens, Berlin)
  • Die goldene Mühle (The Golden Mill) (Singspiel; Text: Wilhelm Sterk, performed incomplete: 29 October 1936, Olten, Switzerland)
  • Treffpunkt Tegernsee (Operetta; Text: Aksel Lund and Erik Radolf, premiere: April 12, 2009, Stadttheater in Neuburg an der Donau by Neuburger Volkstheater)

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