Rudi Gfaller (10 November 1882 – 11 February 1972) was an Austrian operetta composer and singer. Born in Vienna, he began his career as an actor and singer and appeared in various provincial theatres in Germany. In 1906, he composed the first of his twelve operettas. Gfaller was married to the operetta singer Therese Wiet and often appeared with her in Leipzig where the couple were based for most of their careers. In 1943 he retired to their house in Bad Ischl where he died at the age of 89.
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Rudi Gfaller (10 November 1882 – 11 February 1972) was an Austrian operetta composer and singer. Born in Vienna, he began his career as an actor and singer and appeared in various provincial theatres in Germany. In 1906, he composed the first of his twelve operettas. Gfaller was married to the operetta singer Therese Wiet and often appeared with her in Leipzig where the couple were based for most of their careers. In 1943 he retired to their house in Bad Ischl where he died at the age of 89.
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Life and career Gfaller was born in Vienna, the son of a restaurant proprietor. He began acting in children's roles at the Carltheater in the suburbs of Vienna and then attended the Dorr'sche Theatre and Music School. As an adult he worked as an actor and tenor singer in musical theatre and operetta in various provincial theatres in Germany and in what is now the Czech Republic, including Rudolstadt, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Magdeburg, and Stralsund. In 1906, he composed his first operetta, Der Frühlingsonkel which premiered at the municipal theatre in Stralsund. He then relocated to Leipzig where he continued his career as an operetta singer. It was there that he met his future wife, the soprano Therese Wiet. The couple married in 1912 and would often perform together after their marriage. Gfaller's second operetta, Der Windelkavalier, premiered to considerable success in 1914 at the Neues Operetten-Theater in Leipzig. He went on to compose nine more between 1915 and 1944, many of them while staying at his country house in Bad Ischl. In 1926, he became the founding artistic director of the Leipzig theatre Panorama Künstlerspiele where both he and his wife were based until their retirement. A critic for Die…
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Works Der Frühlingsonkel, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Karl Schmalz; premiered Stralsund, Stadttheater. 1906 Der Windelkavalier, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Karl Dibbern and Martin Martin; premiered Leipzig, Neues Operetten-Theater, 1914 Der dumme August, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Bruno Decker and Robert Pohl; premiered Altenburg, Hoftheater, 1915 Der Mann seiner Frau, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Bruno Decker and Robert Pohl; premiered Frankfurt, Albert-Schumann-Theater, 1917 Eine Walzernacht, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Hans Bachwitz; premiered Erfurt, Stadttheater, 1918 Wenn dich die bösen Buben locken, musical farce in 3 acts, libretto by Hans Bachwitz and Hans Sturm; premiered Kassel, Residenztheater, 1919 Der glückliche Kiebitz, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Bruno Decker and Robert Pohl; premiered Nuremberg, Stadttheater am Ring, 1921 Hallo, hier Garmisch, revue operetta in two parts and 11 scenes, libretto by Carl Bretschneider; premiered Fürth, Stadttheater, 1937 Die Sacher-Pepi (originally titled Die Gräfin bitteschön), operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Ernst Welisch; premiered Leipzig, Neues Operetten-Theater, 1939 Venedig in Wien, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Ernst Welisch; premiered Chemnitz, Central-Theater, 1941 Die himmelblaue Stadt, operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Ernst Friese and Ernst Welisch; premiered Ostrava, Mährisch-Schlesisches Theater, 1944 Der…
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External links The grave of Therese Wiet and Rudi Gfaller in the Bad Ischl Cemetery. The page also has images of their house in Bad Ischl and Rudi Gfaller in his later years (in German).
