The old tale of the wealthy guardian who wants to marry his ward.
Category: German composers
50. Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
Opera seria meets commedia dell'arte.
47. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Jacques Offenbach)
“C’est tout-à-fait ça," said Bismarck, after seeing Offenbach’s satire of war and petty German princedoms.
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