- Die Dollarprinzessin
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Leo Fall 
Operettas- Die Dollarprinzessin (1907)
- Die geschiedene Frau (1908)
- Madame Pompadour (1923)
Die Dollarprinzessin is an operetta by Leo Fall. The German libretto was by Alfred Maria Willner and Fritz Grünbaum.
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.
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.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 2 November 1907
(Conductor: Leo Fall)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 Sources
- (Italian) 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
Categories:- Operas by Leo Fall
- German-language operettas
- 1907 operas
- Operas
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