Paul Burkhard
Swiss composer and conductor: Born 21 December, 1911 in Zürich; died 11 September, 1977 in Zell im Tösstal (nr. Zürich)
Stage Works
- Hopsa (Revue-operetta; Libretto Paul Burkhard) 30 November, 1935
Zurich: (revised version by Robert Gilbert) 12 October, 1957, Wiesbaden
- Dreimal Georges (Operetta; 3 acts; Libretto Rudolf Schanzer and
Ernst Welisch after Vicky Baum) 1936 Zurich
- Die Frauen von Coraya [Das Paradies der Frauen] (Operetta;
Libretto Eduard Rogati) 1938 Stettin
- 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
- Casanova in der Schweiz (Casanova in Switzerland) (comic opera;
libretto Richard Schweizer) Zürich 1943
- Tic-Tac (Operetta; libretto Fridolin Tschudi and Fritz Schulz after
Guy de Pourtalés) Zürich, 1944
- Weh dem, der liebt (musical comedy; libretto by Karl Nachmann) Zürich
1948
- 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
- Die kleine Niederndorfoper (musical comedy; Libretto by Walter Lesch)
Zürich, 1951
- Spiegel, das Kätzchen (musical comedy; libretto Gottfried Keller)
Zürich 1956
- Die Pariserin (musical comedy; libretto by N. O. Scarpi and Fridolin
Tschudi after Henri Becque) Zürich 1957
- Das Kaffeehaus (musical comedy; Libretto by Leonard Steckel and
Hans Weigl adapted from Carlo Goldoni, Übersetzung Lola Lorme)
Zürich 1958
- Die Dame mit der Brille (musical comedy; libretto by Karl Suter
and Robert Gilbert) Zürich 1962
- Die Schneekönigin (The Snow Queen) (fairy tale play based on
the story by Hans Christian Andersen) Zürich 1962
- Bunbury (musical comedy; libretto by Hans Weigl based on The Importance
of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde) Basel 1965
- Ein Stern geht auf aus Jaakob (A Star Before Jacob) (Christmas opera;
libretto Paul Berkhard) Hamburg 1970
- Regenbogen (Rainbow) (musical comedy; libretto by Michael Longard) Basel 1977