Die Dollarprinzessin

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Die Dollarprinzessin is an operetta by Leo Fall. The German libretto was by Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum.

Contents 1 Performance history 2 Main roles and role creators 3 Sources 4 See also

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 2 November 1907, conducted by the composer and starring Mizzi Günther as Alice. An English adaptation, called The Dollar Princess opened in London at Daly's Theatre on 25 September 1909.

It remains in the repertory. There was a production at the Theater Erfurt in Thuringia during the 2004-2005 season, and the Ohio Light Opera did it in a straight English translation in 1995.

[edit] Main roles and role creators

• Alice (soprano) Mizzi Günther
• Fredy Wehrburg (tenor) Louis Treumann
• Hans Freiherr von Schlick (bass) Karl Meister
• Daisy (soprano) Louise Kartousch
• John Couder
• Dick
• Tom
• Frinton
• Mizzi
• Olga Labinska
• Von Richthofen

[edit] Sources

• Amadeus Almanac
• Fall, Leo(pold) by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

[edit] See also

The Dollar Princess for the English adaptation.