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The Fortune Teller   

 
Wallack's Theatre , (9/26/1898 - 10/29/1898)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Sep 26, 1898   
Closing Date:Oct 29, 1898 Total Performances:40

Category: Musical, Comedy, Opera, Original, Broadway
Description: An opera in three acts
Setting: Hungary


Production Staff
Produced by Alice Nielsen Opera Company (Frank L. Perley, Manager)
Libretto by Harry B. Smith; Music by Victor Herbert; Musical Director: Paul Steindorff
Staged by Julian Mitchell
Scenic Design by Joseph A. Physioc; Costume Design by Caroline Seidle
Cast
May Boley Etelka
Fanny Briscoe Jan
Wanda
William Brown Matosin
Joseph Cawthorn Boris
Annie Clay Lieutenant Timar
Eugene Cowles Sandor
William C. Deusing A Trombone Player
Richard Golden Fresco
John T. Gray A Pianist
William H. Grimke Second Detective
Jennie Hawley Rafael
Lieutenant Almir
J. B. Henrichs First Detective
Joseph W. Herbert Count Berezowski
Nellie Marsh Paul
Paul Nicholson General Korbay
Alice Nielsen Musette
Irma
E. Percy Parsons Waldemar
Frank Rushworth Captain Ladislas
Frances Sears Vera
J. Smith A Wounded Hussar
Marguerite Sylva Mlle. Pompom
Marcia Van Dresser Vaninka
P. J. Worthington A Violinist
music by Victor Herbert; lyrics by Harry B. Smith 

ACT 1Sung By
Always Do as People Say You Should Musette and Ladies Chorus
Hungaria's Hussars Captain Ladislas and Hussars
Ho! Ye Townsmen Sandor
Romany Life Musette, Sandor, Vaninka, Boris, Rafael and Chorus
Czardas
ACT 2Sung By
Signor Monsieur Moldoni Fresco and Chorus
The Serenade of All Nations Musette, Count Berezowski, Fresco, Boris and Mixed Chorus
Gypsy Love Song (Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart) Sandor, Musette and Chorus
Only in the Play Mlle. Pompom and Captain Ladislas
ACT 3Sung By
Gypsy Jan Sandor and Chorus
The Power of the Human Eye Boris and Count Berezowski
The Lily and the Nightingale Musette