Die geschiedene Frau

"The Girl in the Train" redirects here. For The Girl on the Train, see The Girl on the Train.
This article is about the operetta. For other uses, see Divorcee (disambiguation).

Die geschiedene Frau
Operetta by Leo Fall
Cover of the vocal score
LibrettistVictor Léon
Premiere
23 December 1908 (1908-12-23)
Carltheater, Vienna

Die geschiedene Frau (The Divorcée), is an operetta in three acts by Leo Fall with a libretto by Victor Léon based on Victorien Sardou's Divorçons!.[1] Conducted by the composer, It opened to considerable success at the Carltheater in Vienna on 23 December 1908 with Hubert Marischka as Karel.[2]

It was translated into Italian and premiered at the Teatro Lirico Internationale in Milan as La divorziata on 16 August 1909, then translated into English and performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in London as The Girl in the Train from 4 June 1910. Performances followed in Rome on 19 January 1911, in Paris as La divorcée at the Théâtre Apollo on 18 February, and in Madrid as La mujer divorciada at the Teatro Eslava on 23 December the same year, conducted by the composer.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Howarth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History (2003) Routledge, p. 287 ISBN 0-415-96641-8
  3. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Die geschiedene Frau performances". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).