Franz von Suppé

about

Franz von Suppé or Francesco Suppé Demelli (April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas who was born in what is now Croatia during the time his father was working in this outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A composer and conductor of the Romantic period, he is notable for his four dozen operettas. Two of Suppé's comic operas – Boccaccio and Donna Juanita – have been performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, but failed to become repertoire works. He composed about 30 operettas and 180 farces, ballets, and other stage works. Although the bulk of Suppé's operas have sunk into relative obscurity, the overtures – particularly Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant, 1846) and Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry, 1866) – have survived and some of them have been used in all sorts of soundtracks for movies, cartoons, advertisements, and so on, in addition to being frequently played at symphonic "pops" concerts. Some of Suppé's operas are still regularly performed in Europe; Peter Branscombe, writing in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, characterizes Suppé's song Das ist mein Österreich as "Austria's second national song". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Franz Von Suppe: The Peasant and the Poet and Other Famous Overtures

Overtures

Suppé: Overtures

▥

A Calendar Of Classics - A 12 Cd Set Of Romantic Classics For Every Month Of The Year

Last Night Of The Proms

Suppe: Requiem

Suppé: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (Version Without Narration)

▥

The Romantic Period- Overtures

▥

Suppé: Overtures (Paul Paray: The Mercury Masters II, Volume 16)

▥

Neujahrskonzert / New Year's Concert 2015

100 Masterpieces Vol. 7 (1854-1866)

▥

Suppé: Ouvertures

similar artists