Eine Nacht in Venedig is an operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss II. Its libretto was by F. Zell and Richard Genée based on Le Château Trompette by Eugène Cormon and Richard Genée. The farcical, romantic story involves several cases of mistaken identity.
First act finale of Mike Todd's 1953 production of A Night in Venice presented at the Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, New York
Johann Strauss II
2015 production at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch festival in Austria
Tarantella performed during production at 2015 Seefestspiele Mörbisch festival
Johann Baptist Strauss II, also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Some of Johann Strauss's most famous works include "The Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer", "Tales from the Vienna Woods", "Frühlingsstimmen", and the "Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka". Among his operettas, Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron are the best known.
Strauss in 1876
His father, Johann Strauss I, in an etching from 1835
Johann Strauss in his younger years
Strauss at the beginning of his career
