The Land of Smiles
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The Land of Smiles is a 1929 romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The performance duration is about 100 minutes.
The composer
Berlin, 1930
Richard Tauber
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Richard Tauber was an Austrian lyric tenor and film actor. He performed the tenor role in numerous operas, including Don Giovanni by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte.
The Land of Smiles
…show, "Immer nur lächeln" ("Always smiling") which describes this.) Lavishly produced, the show was built largely around the performance of the tenor Richard Tauber, a close friend of Lehár, for whom he customarily wrote a Tauberlied – a signature tune exploiting the exceptional qualities of his voice – in each of…
Richard Tauber on a cigarette card
Richard Tauber and Carlotta Vanconti, c. 1928
Gravestone, Brompton Cemetery, London
Grave of Richard Tauber at West Brompton Cemetery