Austrian composer, Franz von Suppé (18 April 1819 – 21 May 1895), composed more than thirty operettas as well as dozens of ballets and stage works. Despite this fact, his stage productions remain rather unknown today with the exception of some operettas, such as Boccaccio or Die Schöne Galathée, and especially some overtures, which are a major feature of his stage works. Among the latter, belong undoubtedly Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant from 1846) and Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry, fro...