Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ZAZA OPERA IN FOUR ACTS Libretto adapted by the composer from a play by Simon and Berton; music by Ruggero Leoncavallo. First production in Milan, 1900. First American production at the Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, November 27, 1903. Revived in November, 1913, at the New Tivoli, San Francisco, under the direction of Leoncavallo himself. singeriother Characters ZAZA A concert ha AN AIDE Her FLORIANA A concert hall singer NATALIE Zazas maid SIGNORA DUFRESNE His wife MILIO DUFRESNE A wealthy Parisian CASCART A concert hall singer BUZZY A journalist MALARDOT The proprietor of the concert cafe LARTIGNON A monologue artist DUCLOU Stage manager MICHELIN A journalist MARCO Valet of Signor Dufresne Singers, Dancers, Scene Shifters, Firemen, Property Men, etc. Time and Place: Paris; the present time.
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Zaza has had some success in London, Paris and Berlin, but has never been given in New York, although several Zaza excerpts were given at the Leoncavallo concerts in 1906, when the composer visited America. The story is quite familiar to American audiences, however, through the performances of the play of that name, which has been heard in many countries and many languages, and the musical version follows closely the original play. 552 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—LEONCAVALLOS ZAZA

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