Die Landstreicher is an operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

 in one prologue and two acts by Karl Michael Ziehrer

Karl Michael Ziehrer

Karl Michael Ziehrer was an Austrian composer. In his lifetime, he was one of the fiercest rivals of the Strauss family; most notably Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss....

 (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

Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...

. Despite the Viennese

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 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.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 29 July 1899 (Conductor:)
Berta Fliederbusch, tramp	soprano Soprano A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
August Fliederbusch, her husband, also a tramp	tenor Tenor The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
Mimi, a dancer	soprano
Prince Adolar Gilka	tenor or baritone Baritone Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
Anna Gratwohl	soprano
'Gerichtsassessor Gerichtsassessor In the German legal system, the obsolete designation Gerichtsassessor was held by judges or federal prosecutors, whose employment status today would be "on probation". Attainment of the second state legal qualification was always a pre-requisite... ' Roland	tenor
Lieutenant Mucki von Rodenstein	mezzo-soprano Mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...  or tenor	Ludmilla Gaston
Lieutenant Rudi von Muggenheim	soprano or baritone
Kampel, a court usher	bass
Gratwohl, an inn-keeper, Anna's father	baritone or bass
Leitgeb, a hotelier	baritone
Frau Leitgeb	contralto Contralto Contralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
Stöber, conductor of a male choir	tenor or baritone
Lajos von Geletneky, a painter	tenor or baritone
Dancers, parlour maids, waiters, peasants, summer visitors, singers, costumed guests etc.

Film version

A film was made in 1937 directed by Karel Lamač with a script by Geza von Cziffra

Géza von Cziffra

Géza von Cziffra was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter.- Life :Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary, now in Romania....

. It starred Paul Hörbiger

Paul Hörbiger

Paul Hörbiger was an Austrian theatre and film actor.-Life and work:Paul Hörbiger was born in Budapest, the son of Hans Hörbiger, an engineer who wrote Welteislehre on glacial cosmology, and elder brother of actor Attila Hörbiger. In 1902 the family returned to Vienna, while Paul attended the...

, Rudolf Carl

Rudolf Carl

Rudolf Carl was an Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films Der Leberfleck and Dort in der Wachau.-Selected filmography:* The White Horse Inn...

, Lucie Englisch, Erika Drusovich and Rudolf Platte.