What is "paganini"

Kinski Paganini, also known simply as Paganini, is a 1989 Italian- French biographical film written, directed by and starring Klaus Kinski. The story is based on the life and career of composer and virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini. It was to be Kinski's final film before his death in 1991.

The film also stars Kinski's young wife ( Debora Kinski) and son ( Nikolai Kinski) alongside him. Klaus Kinski felt that he and Paganini had led similar lives, and both gave "demonic" performances in their own fields that often sparked great controversy.

In his 1999 documentary My Best Fiend, frequent collaborator Werner Herzog explains that Kinski repeatedly asked him to direct the film, but Herzog refused because he thought the script was "unfilmable". Herzog also states that the preparation for his role in Kinski Paganini caused the actor to take on an uncomfortable "alien" air that disrupted Kinski's performance in their last film together, Cobra Verde.

Paganini is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German libretto was by Paul Knepler and Béla Jenbach.

Lehár composed the work as a vehicle for Richard Tauber, the acclaimed Austrian tenor, though he assumed the role (with Vera Schwarz as the princess) in Berlin on 30 January 1926, rather than the Vienna premiere which was at the Johann Strauss Theater on 30 October 1925 with Carl Clewing in the title role. Tauber's contract with the Berlin State Opera required him to be in Stockholm at the time of the Vienna premiere. The operetta was so coolly received in Vienna that the Berlin impresario, Heinz Saltenberg, was reluctant to mount it at the Deutsches Künstlertheater without guarantees against losses. In the event, Tauber and Schwarz made it a huge success in Berlin, where it ran for three months. It was the first Lehár operetta specially written for Tauber, who had previously appeared in the composer's Zigeunerliebe in 1920 and Frasquita in 1922 with great success. A new production was mounted in Berlin at the Theater des Westens in April 1930, again with Tauber and Schwarz, and the composer conducting.

An English version with lyrics by AP Herbert was presented by C. B. Cochran at the Lyceum Theatre in London in May 1937, with Tauber as Paganini and Evelyn Laye as Anna Elisa. They recorded several numbers from the show for Parlophone Records.

In 1934 the operetta was adapted into the German film Paganini.

Paganini or I Liked Kissing Women (German: ) is a 1934 German operetta film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Iván Petrovich, Eliza Illiard and Theo Lingen. It is an adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1925 operetta Paganini.

Paganini may refer to:

• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian violinist
• Paganino Paganini (c. 1450–1538), Italian publisher
• Paganini (1934 film)
• Paganini (1989 film)
• Paganini (operetta), operetta by Franz Lehár
• Il Cannone Guarnerius, 1743 violin formerly owned by Paganini
• Paganini Competition, violin competition started in 1954
• Paganini Quartet, string quartet started in 1946
• Paganini, typeface by Nebiolo Printech
• Paganini Traxx, real name Sam Paganini, Italian DJ

Paganini is a 1923 German silent historical film directed by Heinz Goldberg and starring Conrad Veidt, Eva May and Greta Schröder.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach.

Paganini is a hard rock band from Switzerland founded by Marco Paganini (ex-member of the band Viva). In 1985 they released their debut album, Weapon of Love. The song "Berlin by Night", was in the soundtrack of the german movie Alpha City.