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Music by Franz Schubert, arranged by Heinrich Berté and G.H. Clutsam.
English libretto by Adrian Ross.
CAST
In order of appearance:
| Ferdinand Binder – a postmaster | JOSHUA ERDELYI-GÖTZ | |
| Andreas Braun – a saddler | SAM HARGREAVES | |
| Tilli – one of Mr Veit’s three daughters | EMILIE WASHINGTON | |
| Willi – one of Mr Veit’s three daughters | DANIELLE ZUCCALA | |
| Lili – one of Mr Veit’s three daughters | BRIDGETTE KELSEY | |
| Johann Michael Vogl – an opera singer | TERENCE MacMANUS | |
| Moritz von Schwind – a painter | TORQUIL SYME | |
| Ludwig Kappel – a draughtsman | JAMES DOUGLAS | |
| Baron Franz von Schober – a poet | MICHAEL ZUCCALA | |
| Franz Schubert | EDWARD HARCOURT | |
| Christian Veit – Court glass maker | IAN LOWE | |
| Mrs Veit | JENNIFER WAKEFIELD | |
| Fritzi – a servant to Veit | LYNETTE MANN | |
| Mme Fiammetta Marini (La Marinella) – Prima Ballerina at the Opera | HELENE SHIELDS |
Although Franz Schubert died tragically young, he left behind the most spontaneous and irrepressible outpouring of musical invention that the world has ever known including Lilac Time (originally known as Das Dreimäderlhaus).
Lilac Time is set in the Vienna that stimulated Schubert’s brief but rich music life with its story based on his passionate and unrequited love for Lili Veit, the youngest of three charming sisters. For his beloved, Schubert writes a song, the exquisitely lovely “I want to carve your name on every tree.” However, being too shy to sing of his feelings, he persuades his best friend, Franz Schober, to sing and, alas, Lili falls in love with the wrong Franz. For Franz Schubert there can be no other love and the operetta ends with his decision to devote the rest of his life to his music.
Lilac Time will be presented in costume with Shubert’s accompaniment and a Palm Court Trio in the delightful garden of the historical The Knowe, Sassafras.
Director: Robert Ray
Musical Director: Geoffrey Urquhart
PALM COURT TRIO
Keyboard: Geoffrey Urquhart
Flute: Peter Sheridan
Violin: Selina Chong
Recorded at The Knowe, Victoria, Australia, February 2024.
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