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White Horse Inn | |
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Operetta by Ralph Benatzky | |
Librettist | David Freedman |
Based on | Im weißen Rößl |
Premiere | 1 October 1936 |
White Horse Inn is the title of the Broadway version of the operetta Im weißen Rößl.[1] The original operetta by Erik Charell and composers Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz was based on the popular farce of the same name by Oscar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg. It was premiered at Berlin's Großes Schauspielhaus on 8 November 1930 and ran for 416 performances. The Broadway version was premiered on 1 October 1936 at the Center Theatre in New York City. It had a libretto by David Freedman and lyrics by Irving Caesar. The original score was re-orchestrated by Hans Spialek.