The Charlatan (operetta)

The Charlatan is an 1898 American operetta also known as The Mystical Miss, with music and lyrics^[1] by John Philip Sousa.^[2] Today only excerpts from the work—"The Charlatan March", "The Charlatan Waltzes" and "The Charlatan Overture"—are commonly known. The operetta is set in the early nineteenth century in Russia with scenes in the village of Bohkara; at Gogol's house; and in the Grand Duke's Palace in Russia.

^ Klein, Charles; Sousa, John Philip (1898). The Charlatan. Cincinnati, New York, Chicago: The John Church Company.
^ Paul E. Bierley, The Works of John Philip Sousa (1984), page 33. "Some of the songs were also used in El Capitan (1895) and The Charlatan (1898). This accounts for the fact that only fragments of the manuscript are known to exist under the original title. Little is known of the reasons for the operetta's demise except for some information given in a faded clipping from a newspaper called the Advertiser."

[Score-1] Klein, Charles; Sousa, John Philip (1898). The Charlatan. Cincinnati, New York, Chicago: The John Church Company.

[2] Paul E. Bierley, The Works of John Philip Sousa (1984), page 33. "Some of the songs were also used in El Capitan (1895) and The Charlatan (1898). This accounts for the fact that only fragments of the manuscript are known to exist under the original title. Little is known of the reasons for the operetta's demise except for some information given in a faded clipping from a newspaper called the Advertiser."

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