Die Landstreicher ("The Tramps") is an operetta in one prologue and two acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer (libretto by Leopold Krenn and Carl Lindau). It was first performed on 29 July 1899, at the Summer Theatre "Venedig in Wien", with Ludmilla Gaston as von Rodenstein, Franz Glawatsch, Rudolf del Zopp, Siegmund Steiner, Poldi Augustin, Anton Matschegg, Vali Paak, and Max Schönau.
The premiere was just three weeks after the shocking death of Johann Strauss II. Despite the Viennese mourning for their beloved composer, the operetta was especially noted for its 'Viennese' spirit and more so with Ziehrer himself conducting, the review from the press was favorable with Ziehrer heralded as a new composer to usher in a new age.
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