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L’Auberge du Cheval Blanc (The White Horse Inn) started life as Im weissen Rössl and originally played to Berlin audiences in 1930 for a respectable 416 performances. From Benatzky’s German original the work was adapted for both the French and British stage. The Paris première was held at the Théâtre Mogador in 1932. The most famous number for English-speaking audiences was 'Goodbye', but this was not in the original score and was added by Stolz for the London production. Some of the numbers in the British Chappell vocal score were altered from the German/French versions, incidentally. The White Horse Inn. Benatzky did not write all of its musical numbers. Lubbock's Complete Book of Opera tells us that additional numbers were added by Robert Gilbert, Bruno Granichstaedten, Robert Stolz and Hans Frankowski. |