Leo Stein (writer)

Leo Stein, born Leo Rosenstein (25 March 1861, Lemberg – 28 July 1921, Vienna, Austria) was a playwright and librettist of operettas in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including works adapted for a number of Broadway productions.

Stein wrote libretti for Johann Strauss Jr, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, and Oskar Nedbal. His collaboration with Viktor Léon contributed much to Lehár's success.

A selection of his works includes Wiener Blut (1899), Die lustige Witwe (1905), Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909) and Die Csárdásfürstin (1915).^[1]

Stein is buried at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof.

• The Merry Widow, directed by Michael Curtiz (Hungary, 1918)
• The Csardas Princess [it], directed by Emil Leyde (Austria, 1919)
• The Merry Widow, directed by Erich von Stroheim (1925)
• The Count of Luxembourg, directed by Arthur Gregor (1926)
• The Sweet Girl, directed by Manfred Noa (Germany, 1926)
• Schützenliesel, directed by Rudolf Walther-Fein and Rudolf Dworsky (Germany, 1926)
• The Csardas Princess, directed by Hanns Schwarz (Germany, 1927)
• The Csardas Princess, directed by Georg Jacoby (Germany, 1934)
• Polish Blood, directed by Karel Lamač (Germany, 1934)
• The Merry Widow, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1934)
• Kungen kommer, directed by Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius (Sweden, 1936, based on Der Gauklerkönig)
• Vienna Blood, directed by Willi Forst (Germany, 1942)
• Silva, directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky (Soviet Union, 1944, based on The Csardas Princess)
• The Csardas Princess, directed by Georg Jacoby (West Germany, 1951)
• The Merry Widow, directed by Curtis Bernhardt (1952)
• Schützenliesel, directed by Rudolf Schündler (West Germany, 1954)
• The Count of Luxembourg, directed by Werner Jacobs (West Germany, 1957)
• The Merry Widow, directed by Werner Jacobs (Austria, 1962)
• The Csardas Princess [de], directed by Miklós Szinetár (West Germany, 1971)
• The Count of Luxembourg, directed by Wolfgang Glück (West Germany, 1972)
• Silva [ru], directed by Yan Frid (Soviet Union, 1981, based on The Csardas Princess)

• Leo Stein at the Internet Broadway Database