Marszalek, Franz

Performer

Franz Marszalek (born August 2, 1900 in then Breslau, Schlesien, Germany, now Wrocław, Silesia, Polen; died October 28, 1975 in Cologne, Germany) was a German conductor and composer, who was a leading figure in operetta. He began his studies in Wrocław, and moved to Berlin in 1933. He conducted the Cologne Radio Orchestra from 1949 to 1965, with an emphasis on operetta music. He was a longtime friend of the operetta composer Eduard Künneke, whose music he championed in concerts and in recordings with the Cologne Radio Orchestra and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• A Night in Venice
• Black Forest Girl
• Frau Luna
• The Flower of Hawaii
• Paganini
• Victoria and Her Hussar
• The Count of Luxembourg
• The Land of Smiles
• The Merry Widow
• Season in Salzburg
• A Waltz Dream
• The Gypsy Baron
• My Sister and I
• The Tsarevich
• Gasparone
• Mask in Blue
• The Cousin from Nowhere
• The Bird Seller
• The Beggar Student
• The Merry Farmer
• The Empress
• The Charming Young Lady
• The African Woman