The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Comic Opera in Three Acts. New English Libretto by G. P. Robinson after the French of Meilhac and Halévy Musical Adaptation by Sydney Baynes Costumed throughout by B. J. Simmons & Co. Ltd. Vocal Score. R. Claud Jenkins' production presented by Theatrical and Operatic Productions Ltd. at Daly's Theatre April 29th 1937. Piano-vocal score
193729213London: Boosey & Co. PN H. 14748 1937. Large octavo. Original publisher's dark ivory wrappers printed in dark brown. 1f. recto title verso introduction i named cast list and act list 4-223 i publisher's catalogue pp. Text in English only.<br/><br/>Named cast includes Enid Cruickshank Nancy Neale Bruce Carfax Eddie GarrW. S. Percy Peter Owen Richard Goolden Clifton Boyne Darroll Richards Norah Colton Hazel Jennings Molly Johnson Marjorie Tomlin Patrick Worsley Hilton Porter Arthur Hoskins and Walter Bird.<br/><br/>Wrappers very slightly worn and soiled; small price handstamp to upper corner of upper; spine creased. Former owner's signature and address "Marshall Stone" to upper margin of title; annotation to lower margin of cast leaf in red pencil; lyrics to pp. 133-139 annotated in pencil and red ink. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy was first performed in Paris at the Variétés on April 12 1867. "After the first night Offenbach cut moved or replaced several numbers to strengthen the second half of the piece. The work was written for Hortense Schneider as the Grand-Duchess and José Dupuis as Fritz."<br/><br/>"Offenbach was with Johann Strauss ii one of the two composers of outstanding significance in popular music of the 19th century and the composer of some of the most exhilaratingly gay and tuneful music ever written. Moreover it was through the success of Offenbach's works abroad that operetta became an established international genre producing outstanding national exponents in Strauss Sullivan and Lehár and evolving into the 20th-century musical." Andrew Lamb in Grove Music Online. Boosey & Co. [PN H. 14748] unknown books
