The Fortune Teller

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The Fortune Teller is a comic opera by composer Victor Herbert that blends lighthearted romance, mistaken identities, and lively melodies in a Central European setting.

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instanceOf comic opera
operetta
acts 3
composer Victor Herbert
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresCharacter Barras
Captain Ladislas
Fedor
linked to: Fyodor

Fresco
Irma
Musette
genre comic opera
operetta
hasComposerStyle American popular theatre of the 1890s
influenced by Viennese operetta
hasDramaticDevice disguises
mistaken identity
hasFeature lively melodies
hasOrchestration orchestra and voices
hasStyle late Romantic light opera
hasSubjectMatter aristocracy
gypsies
romantic entanglements
hasTheme lighthearted romance
mistaken identities
hasVocalForces chorus
soloists
includesMusicalNumber "Always Do As People Say You Should"
"Gypsy Love Song"
"Romany Life"
isNotableFor colorful orchestration
melodic invention
showcase roles for soprano
language English
librettist Harry B. Smith
notableRoleFor Alice Nielsen
originalBroadwayRunLength 40 performances
originalProducer Al Hayman
Edmund C. Stanton
partOf American operetta repertoire
premiereCity New York City
premiereCountry United States
premiereDate 1898
premiereTheatre Wallack's Theatre
settingLocation Central Europe
timePeriodOfComposition late 19th century

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Victor Herbert notableWork The Fortune Teller