. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . LOBETANZ PLAYING FOR THE PRINCESS ACT I (German) LOBETANZ (English) MERRYDANCE MUSICAL PLAY IN THREE ACTS Text by Otto Julius Bierbaum ; music by Ludwig Thuille. First production at Mann-heim, Germany, 1898. First production in America November 18, 1911, with Gad ski,Jadlowker, Witherspoon and Murphy. Cast LOBETANZ Tenor THE PRINCESS Mezzo-Soprano THE KING Bass THE FORESTER, ) THE HANGMAN. [ Speaking Parts The Judge. J Girls, mus
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . LOBETANZ PLAYING FOR THE PRINCESS ACT I (German) LOBETANZ (English) MERRYDANCE MUSICAL PLAY IN THREE ACTS Text by Otto Julius Bierbaum ; music by Ludwig Thuille. First production at Mann-heim, Germany, 1898. First production in America November 18, 1911, with Gad ski,Jadlowker, Witherspoon and Murphy. Cast LOBETANZ Tenor THE PRINCESS Mezzo-Soprano THE KING Bass THE FORESTER, ) THE HANGMAN. [ Speaking Parts The Judge. J Girls, musicians, prisoners, two heralds, the Time and Place : Germany in the Middle Ages. GADSKI AS THE PRINCESS The story of Lobetanz resembles an old fairy tale in itssimplicity, the Prince Charming in this instance being a wander-ing musician, and the ending, as in all good fairy stories, beingof the lived-happy-ever-after variety. The curtain rises on a rose fete, which young girls are pre-paring in anticipation of the arrival of the King and his daugh-ter. The Princess is ill, and the King has appointed a dayof festivity in the hope that it will revive her. Lobetanz, awandering musician, strolls into the Kings rose garden, wherethe preparations are being made, and stays to watch the royal VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA —THUILLES LOBETANZ procession, which is accom-panied by poets and musicians play and singto the Princess, but all theirefforts fail to please her. Sud-denly a violin is heard froman arbor in the rear of thegarden. The Princess is im-mediately fascinated with themusic, and Lobetanz comesforward, his
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