Patricia Janečková: Letzte Rose (with German and English subtitles)

Prague, December 2019.

Patricia sings "Letzte Rose" from "Martha", by Friedrich von Flotow.

"Martha", a suspiciously aristocratic-looking milkmaid, is asked to sing a folk song to prove her humble status.

"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem written by Thomas Moore, later set to a traditional Irish air, "The Groves of Blarney". Von Flotow kept the tune and translated the poem into German.