"Mein Herr Marquis", sometimes called "Adele's Laughing Song", is an aria for soprano with choral accompaniment from act 2 of the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II. It appears in many anthologies of music for soprano singers, and is frequently performed in recitals.
Adele, a chambermaid who has borrowed one of her mistress's gowns without permission, and gone to a party, also without permission, gets recognized there by her mistress's husband. She attempts to convince him that he is wrong by laughing scornfully at the idea that a glamorous woman like herself could possibly be a lowly chambermaid.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Aria Database - Results of Your Search". www.aria-database.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Lights! Coloratura! Action!: The giddy world of opera’s ‘action’ songs" by John Snelson, Royal Opera House, 3 February 2016
External links
edit- "Mein Herr Marquis", 3:31 on YouTube, Rita Streich, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kurt Gaebel, 1958
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