Carl Michalski

Carl Michalski (18 January 1911 – 11 December 1998) was a German composer and conductor, focused on operetta and dance music.

He collaborated with Bernhard Stimmler, composing the operetta Gitta, which premiered at the Gärtnerplatztheater on 16 May 1942, subtitled A Journey into the Blue.

[3]: 284 As a conductor he made several recordings with the orchestra of the Wiener Volksoper, the Tanzrundfunkorchester, the Symphonie-Orchester Kurt Graunke and the Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

He made numerous recordings of operetta excerpts, such as Leo Fall's Die Rose von Stambul with Melitta Muszely and Fritz Wunderlich, Fall's Der liebe Augustin [de] with Christine Görner and Heinz Hoppe, and Paul Abraham's Viktoria und ihr Husar with Sári Barabás and Hoppe.

[5] A recording of spirituals sung by George London, with members of the orchestra of Bayerischer Rundfunk, was reissued by Deutsche Grammophon in 2006.