 FRASQUITA
(Music by Franz Lehár: Book and lyrics by A. M. Willner
and H. Reichert: * English by Reginald Arkell)
based on Pierre Louys's La Femme et le Pantin
Theater an der Wien, Vienna 12 May, 1922
Prince's Theatre, London - 23 April, 1925 (36 perfs)
Synopsis
Armand Mirabeau, a wealthy young Parisian, arrives at a Spanish
seaport with his friend Hippolyt to meet his fiancée Dolly
Girot. Armand, by chance, meets a local gipsy girl, Frasquita. She
ensnares and then spurns him in revenge for his having accused her
of stealing his cigarette case. Back in Paris, Dolly, deeply offended
by Armand's fickle behaviour, marries Hippolyt and Frasquita, who
has realised that she truly loves Armand, pursues, and is reunited
with her, only true love.
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