Erna Sack sings Glühwürmchen-Idyll (Firefly idyll) from the operetta "Lysistrata" by Paul Lincke. (1937) Erna Sack (1898, Spandau - 1972, Mainz) was a German coloratura soprano, famous for her extreme vocal range, especially the extreme, ethereal high notes up to C4, above the "regular" soprano high C. Due to her ethereal (Have I used this phrase?) coloratura, she was referred to as "Die deutsche Nachtigall", or "The German Nightingale" in English. She was born as Erna Weber, but she took her husband's (Hermann Sack) surname, whom she married in 1921. She joined Berlin State Opera in 1928, but her real career started after 1930, when Erna started to sing in other opera houses throughout Germany. Her international career started in 1935, including performaces in London (Covent Garden), Austria, the Netherlands and in Italy, where she sang The Magic Flute with Tito Schipa. In 1937 she sang at Carnegie Hall with Joseph Schmidt and Tauber. Erna's two most famous movies are Blumen aus Nizza (1936) and Nanon (1938). She retired from stage in 1957. Because this is my iddy-biddy channel, let me add a very pesonal note: I think Erna Sack had not only a lovely voice, but her appearance and face were very lovely and womanly. She was forty in Nanon and how gorgeous she looked! Her husband must have been a very lucky man. :) I have previously uploaded two beautiful songs, but none of them contained the aforementioned extra high notes, so I decided to add this arietta where Erna could show off her abilities. :) (The more widely known pieces -such as "Voices of Spring", "The Blue Danube", etc. - have already been uploaded by others.) Lyrics: Wenn die Nacht sich niedersenkt auf Flur und Halde, Manch ein Liebespärchen lenkt den Schritt zum Walde. Doch man kann im Wald zu zwein sich leicht verirren. Deshalb, wie Laternen klein, Glühwürmchen schwirren. Und es weiset Steg und Busch uns leuchtend ihr Gefunkel, Da tauchts auf, und dort, husch, husch, sobald der Abend dunkel. Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen flimmre, flimmre, Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen, schimmre, schimmre, Führe uns auf rechten Wegen, führe uns dem Glück entgegen. Gib uns schützend dein Geleit zur Liebesseligkeit.