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Operas Every Child Should Know

by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

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Characters of the Opera With the Original Cast as Presented at the First Performance

Lady HarrietAnna Zerr
NancyTherese Schwarz
LionelJoseph Erl
PlunkettCarl Formes

Sheriff of Richmond, three servants of Lady Harriet, three maid servants.

Chorus of ladies, servants, farmers, hunters and huntresses, pages, etc.

The story is enacted in England during Queen Anne’s reign.

First sung at Vienna Court Opera, November 25, 1847.

Composer: Friedrich Freiherr von Flotow.
Author: W. Friedrich (F.W. Riese).

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