Die Dollarprinzessin
Die Dollarprinzessin is an operetta by Leo Fall. The German libretto was by Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum.
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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 and ran for 428 performances.
Extant score
Click for a scanned version of the 79-page score from Leeds University Library
A piano score with German lyrics (but no vocal parts) is kept in Special Collections at the University of Leeds. It was digitised as part of a research project in 2018.[1] A complete vocal score may be downloaded from IMSLP, here.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 2 November 1907 (Conductor: Leo Fall)[2] |
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| 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 | ||
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References
- Scott, Derek B. (2019). "GOLNY archive – Die Dollarprinzessin – Operette in 3 Akten". A. M. Willner, Fritz Grünbaum, Leo Fall. doi:10.5518/497. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Die Dollarprinzessin, 2 November 1907". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Sources
- "Fall, Leo(pold)" by Andrew Lamb, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- Die Dollarprinzessin: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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