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””’The Peasant Girl””’ is an [[operetta]] in three acts with music by [[Oskar Nedbal]].{{sfn|Letellier|2015|page=1056}} The work is an English-language adaptation of Nedbal’s German-language operetta ”[[Polenblut]]”{{sfn|Everett|2008|page=31}} which was in turn adapted from [[Alexander Pushkin]]’s short story “[[Mistress into Maid]]” from ”[[The Belkin Tales]]” by librettist [[Leo Stein (writer)|Leo Stein]].{{sfn|Gänzl|2001|page=1627}} [[Edgar Smith (librettist)|Edgar Smith]] wrote the book to this adaptation and new lyrics were co-written by [[Herbert Reynolds]] and [[Harold Atteridge]].{{sfn|Dietz|2021|page=308}} Some new music was also included by composers [[Rudolf Friml]] and [[Clifton Crawford]], and Crawford also provided some additional lyrics in addition to starring in the show opposite soprano [[Emma Trentini]] in the title role.{{sfn|Dietz|2021|pages=308-309}} The operetta was originally titled ””’The Ballet Girl””’, but at the request of Trentini, it was renamed ”The Peasant Girl” shortly before its premiere in 1914.<ref>{{cite news|title=Not Ballet Girl|work=[[Buffalo Courier Express]]|date= November 10, 1914|page= 9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It’s the ”Ballet Girl”|work=[[Salt Lake Herald]]|date= November 27, 1914|page= 8}}</ref> |
””’The Peasant Girl””’ is an [[operetta]] in three acts with music by [[Oskar Nedbal]].{{sfn|Letellier|2015|page=1056}} The work is an English-language adaptation of Nedbal’s German-language operetta ”[[Polenblut]]”{{sfn|Everett|2008|page=31}} which was in turn adapted from [[Alexander Pushkin]]’s short story “[[Mistress into Maid]]” from ”[[The Belkin Tales]]” by librettist [[Leo Stein (writer)|Leo Stein]].{{sfn|Gänzl|2001|page=1627}} [[Edgar Smith (librettist)|Edgar Smith]] wrote the book to this adaptation and new lyrics were co-written by [[Herbert Reynolds]] and [[Harold Atteridge]].{{sfn|Dietz|2021|page=308}} Some new music was also included by composers [[Rudolf Friml]] and [[Clifton Crawford]], and Crawford also provided some additional lyrics in addition to starring in the show opposite soprano [[Emma Trentini]] in the title role.{{sfn|Dietz|2021|pages=308-309}} The operetta was originally titled ””’The Ballet Girl””’, but at the request of Trentini, it was renamed ”The Peasant Girl” shortly before its premiere in 1914.<ref>{{cite news|title=Not Ballet Girl|work=[[Buffalo Courier Express]]|date= November 10, 1914|page= 9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It’s the ”Ballet Girl”|work=[[Salt Lake Herald]]|date= November 27, 1914|page= 8}}</ref> |
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The Peasant Girl is an operetta in three acts with music by Oskar Nedbal. The work is an English-language adaptation of Nedbal’s German-language operetta Polenblut which was in turn adapted from Alexander Pushkin‘s short story “Mistress into Maid” from The Belkin Tales by librettist Leo Stein. Edgar Smith wrote the book to this adaptation and new lyrics were co-written by Herbert Reynolds and Harold Atteridge. Some new music was also included by composers Rudolf Friml and Clifton Crawford, and Crawford also provided some additional lyrics in addition to starring in the show in comic lead role of Bronio Von Popiel opposite soprano Emma Trentini in the title role. The operetta was originally titled The Ballet Girl, but at the request of Trentini, it was renamed The Peasant Girl shortly before its premiere in 1914.[6][7]
Performance history
The Peasant Girl premiered on November 16, 1914 at the Teck Theatre in Buffalo, New York.[8]
In 1915 it was performed on Broadway. Rudolf Friml wrote music for it.
Emma Trentini starred. Clifton Crawford and John Charles Thomas were also in it.[9]
The New York Times called it entertaining. It played at the 44th Street Theatre on Broadway.[9] It played at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.[10]
Music for it was published.[11][12]
References
Bibliography
- Bordman, Gerald Martin; Norton, Richard (2010). “The Peasant Girl”. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199729708.
- Dietz, Dan (2021). “The Peasant Girl”. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538150283.
- Everett, William A. (2008). Rudolf Friml. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033810.
- Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2015). Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume II. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443885089.
- Scott, Derek B. (2019). German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108484589.
- Gänzl, Kurt (2001). “Polenblut”. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Second Edition. Vol. III. Schirmer Books. ISBN 9780028655741.
