Paul BurkhardPaul Burkhard

Swiss composer and conductor: Born 21 December, 1911 in Zürich; died 11 September, 1977 in Zell im Tösstal (nr. Zürich)

Stage Works

  1. Hopsa (Revue-operetta; Libretto Paul Burkhard) 30 November, 1935 Zurich: (revised version by Robert Gilbert) 12 October, 1957, Wiesbaden

  2. Dreimal Georges (Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch after Vicky Baum) 1936 Zurich

  3. Die Frauen von Coraya [Das Paradies der Frauen] (Operetta; Libretto Eduard Rogati) 1938 Stettin

  4. Der schwarze Hecht [The Black Pike] (musical comedy; Libretto Jürg Amstein after Emil Sautter's Der sächzigscht Giburtstag [The Sixtieth Birthday]) 1939 Zürich: As Fireworks; Schausspielhaus, Zurich, 1948: as Oh, My Papa; adapted by Elizabeth Montagu; Bristol Old Vic, 2 April, 1957

  5. Casanova in der Schweiz (Casanova in Switzerland) (comic opera; libretto Richard Schweizer) Zürich 1943

  6. Tic-Tac (Operetta; libretto Fridolin Tschudi and Fritz Schulz after Guy de Pourtalés) Zürich, 1944

  7. Weh dem, der liebt (musical comedy; libretto by Karl Nachmann) Zürich 1948

  8. Das Feuerwerk (musical comedy; 3 act; adapted from Jürg Amstein's Der Schwarze Hecht bearbeitet by Erik Charell and Robert Gilbert) München 16 May, 1950

  9. Die kleine Niederndorfoper (musical comedy; Libretto by Walter Lesch) Zürich, 1951

  10. Spiegel, das Kätzchen (musical comedy; libretto Gottfried Keller) Zürich 1956

  11. Die Pariserin (musical comedy; libretto by N. O. Scarpi and Fridolin Tschudi after Henri Becque) Zürich 1957

  12. Das Kaffeehaus (musical comedy; Libretto by Leonard Steckel and Hans Weigl adapted from Carlo Goldoni, Übersetzung Lola Lorme) Zürich 1958

  13. Die Dame mit der Brille (musical comedy; libretto by Karl Suter and Robert Gilbert) Zürich 1962

  14. Die Schneekönigin (The Snow Queen) (fairy tale play based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen) Zürich 1962

  15. Bunbury (musical comedy; libretto by Hans Weigl based on The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde) Basel 1965

  16. Ein Stern geht auf aus Jaakob (A Star Before Jacob) (Christmas opera; libretto Paul Berkhard) Hamburg 1970

  17. Regenbogen (Rainbow) (musical comedy; libretto by Michael Longard) Basel 1977