Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron - Highlights (Inspiration)

Fiery rhythms and Hungarian temperament: A pretty gypsy girl, who proves to be a Turkish pasha’s daughter, an impoverished nobleman who falls in love with her, a rich and vulgar pig-farmer, his daughter and her lover: set against an exotic backdrop, love’s misunderstandings and mishaps – all with a happy ending, of course – form the juicy ingredients of this operetta full of lilting waltzes and stirring march rhythms, with which Johann Strauss II deservedly scored one of his greatest stage successes.