Jānis Liepiņš was a conductor for which opretta composed by Johann Strauss II?
Jānis Liepiņš (conductor) Jānis Liepiņš (born August 7, 1988 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian conductor. Since 2014, he is the conductor at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet. For the LNO, he has conducted for productions of Il trovatore, Le Villi. Gianni Schicchi, Eugene Onegin, Romeo and Juliet, Scheherezade and Her Tales and La Bayadere; he was the conductor and musical director for the ballet Raymonda and operetta Die Fledermaus.
Alto Rhapsody The Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, is a composition for contralto, male chorus, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms, a setting of verses from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "". It was written in 1869, as a wedding gift for Robert and Clara Schumann's daughter, Julie. Brahms scholars have long speculated that the composer may have had romantic feelings for Julie, which he may have integrated into the text and music of the "Alto Rhapsody". The text, with its metaphysical portrayal of a misanthropic soul who is urged to find spiritual sustenance and throw off the shackles of his suffering, has powerful parallels in Brahms's life and character.