is an operetta by Leo Fall. The German libretto was by Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum after the comedy by Emerich von Gatti and Thilo Friedrich Wilhelm von Trotha."Dollarprinzessin, Die", Josef Weinberger Ltd
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
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.
Roles +RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 2 November 1907Conductor: Leo FallAlicesopranoMizzi GüntherFredy WehrburgtenorLouis TreumannHans Freiherr von SchlickbassKarl MeisterDaisysopranoLouise KartouschJohn CouderDickTomFrintonMizziOlga LabinskaVon Richthofen
References
Further reading "Fall, Leo(pold)" by Andrew Lamb, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992)
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