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Fatinitza
is a full-length, three-act
operetta
written by
Franz von Suppé
and with a libretto by
Camillo Walzel
and
Richard Genée
. Based on the libretto to
La circassienne
by
Eugène Scribe
, it follows a
gender-disguised
Russian lieutenant caught in a
love triangle
with an elderly general and the general's niece. The operetta premièred on 5 January 1876 at the
Carltheater
in Vienna and was a popular success throughout Europe, but now is rarely staged.
Lithograph: Vic Arnold; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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