This is about the English language production. For the original operetta, see Walzer aus Wien. For the film adaptation, see Waltzes from Vienna (1934 film).
The Great Waltz.
The Great Waltz is a stage musical based on the life of composer Johann Strauss.
Cast[]
- Guy Robertson - Johann Strauss Jr.
- Marion Claire - Therese
- Marie Burke - Countess Olga Baranskaja
- Dennis Noble - Leopold
- Ralph Magelssen - Captain Boris Androff
Plot[]
Set in Vienna in the spring-time, featuring a conflict between a fatherand his son, laced with overtures of romance; and though it all a scorecomprising some of the most loved waltzes ever writeen by the fatherand son on whose lives the plot is based, and who are truly regardedas the greatest waltz composers of all time. Among a host of tunes,this show contains both "The Radetzky March" and, of course, "The Blue Danube".
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Morning" - Therese
- "Look Before You Leap" - Therese and Leopold
- "You Are My Songs" - Therese, Johann Strauss Jr. and ensemble
- "Love Will Find You" - Therese and Leopold
- "On Love Alone" - Ensemble
- "Like a Star in the Sky" - Countess Olga and Johann Strauss Jr.
- "With All My Heart" - Therese
- Act II
- "Night" - Ensemble
- "Love's Never Lost" - Countess Olga, Leopold and Captain Boris
- "We Love You Still" - Countess Olga
- "While You Love Me" - Therese and Johann Strauss Jr.
- "Love and War" - Leopold and Ensemble
- "Quadrille" - Ensemble
- "The Blue Danube (Danube So Blue)" - Therese and the entire company