The formal opening of the Suez Canal -- linking Port Said, on the Mediterranean Sea, and the Egyptian port of Suez, on the Red Sea -- was celebrated on 16 November 1869 by an inaugural ceremony at Port Said. On the following day sixty-eight vessels of various nationalities began the passage, arriving at Suez four days later. The opening of this artificial waterway created considerable interest around the world, and in Vienna gave rise to Anton Bittner's burlesque, Nach Ägypten (Into Egypt), presented at the Theater an der Wien on 26 December that year. It was here as a processional march for Egyptian warriors before the final scene, that the Viennese public first became acquainted with the sinuous themes of Johann Strauss's Ägyptischer Marsch. The composer, ever mindful of current affairs, had in fact written the piece for his 1869 summer concert season in Pavlovsk -- shared that year with his brother Josef -- and had conducted its première at the Vauxhall Pavilion there on 6 July (= 24 June, Russian calendar) at a benefit concert for the two brothers.
Johann Strauss II. : Egyptian March op. 335 © by WJSO-Archive
Thursday, 01. December 196620.30 o' clock Huntington ⁄ Keith Albee Theatre
Concert in Huntington 1st. Canada and USA tour
Eduard Strauss II conductor Dagmar Koller soprano Walter Kraeutler tenor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann Strauss II : Song of the operetta «One Night in Venice» Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Lieben heißt Leiden from the operetta «One Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Johann Strauss II : Ich liebe das Leben Song of the operetta «Drei Walzer» Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Du Märchenstadt im Donautal Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : Treasure Waltz op. 418 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : Duett aus der Operette «Wiener Blut»
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