August Neidhart (12 May 1867 in Vienna, Kaisertum Österreich – 25 November 1934 in Berlin) was an Austrian writer and librettist.
Neidhart was an author of folk plays and operettas. His earlier works include a Schwank Das Protektionskind (by Alexander Engel and August Neidhart). He achieved a worldwide success as a librettist for Leon Jessel[1]'s operetta Schwarzwaldmädel (Alte Komische Oper Berlin, 25 August 1917).
Operettas edit
- Der Triumph des Weibes, 1906; music by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.
- Belagerungszustand, 1909; music by Leo Ascher
- Der junge Papa, 1909 (with Alexander Engel); music by Edmund Eysler
- Sein Herzensjunge, 1911 (with Rudolph Schanzer); music by Walter Kollo
- Schwarzwaldmädel, 1917; music by Leon Jessel
- Ein modernes Mädel, 1918; music by Leon Jessel
- Das Dorf ohne Glocke, 1919; music by Eduard Künneke
- Baroneßchen Sarah, 1920; music by Leo Ascher
- Die Strohwitwe, 1920; music by Leo Blech
- Die Postmeisterin, 1921; music by Leon Jessel
- Die Straßensängerin, 1922; music by Leo Fall
- Ninon am Scheideweg, 1926; music by Leo Ascher
- Die Luxuskabine, 1929; music by Leon Jessel
- Junger Wein, 1933; music by Leon Jessel
References edit
- ^ Leon Jessel on Operetten-Lexicon
External links edit
- Literature by and about August Neidhart in the German National Library catalogue
- August Neidhart discography at Discogs
- Die Unschuld unterm Bollenhut
- August Neidhart on ZVAB.com
- August Neidhart at IMDb
