The Laughing Song comes from which Johann Strauss operetta?
Adele's Laughing Song Adele's Laughing Song "", sometimes called "Adele's Laughing Song", is an aria for soprano with choral accompaniment from act 2 of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss II. It appears in many anthologies of music for soprano singers, and is frequently performed in recitals. Adele, a chambermaid who has borrowed one of her mistress's gowns without permission, and gone to a party, also without permission, gets recognized there by her mistress's husband. She attempts to convince him that he is wrong by laughing scornfully at the idea that a glamorous woman like herself could possibly be a lowly chambermaid.
Johann Strauss II form of Karl Michael Ziehrer and Émile Waldteufel; the latter held a commanding position in Paris. Phillip Fahrbach also denied the younger Strauss the commanding position of the "KK Hofballmusikdirektor" when the latter first applied for the post. The German operetta composer Jacques Offenbach, who made his name in Paris, also posed a challenge to Strauss in the operetta field. Strauss was admired by other prominent composers: Richard Wagner once admitted that he liked the waltz "Wein, Weib und Gesang" Op. 333. Richard Strauss (unrelated to the Strauss family), when writing his "Rosenkavalier" waltzes, said in reference to Johann Strauss,