Dream City

Scene from Dream City

Dream City is an operetta in two acts with music by Victor Herbert and a libretto by Edgar Smith. The show contained a one-act musical burlesque The Magic Knight which parodies Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin.[1]

The original production opened at Weber's Music Hall in New York City on December 24, 1906, and ran for 102 performances until March 23, 1907.[2] Painter Ernest Albert designed the production's sets.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Magic Knight, Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ Mantle, Burns; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Chapman, John Arthur (1944). "Dream City". The Best Plays of 1899-1909. Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 529.
  3. ^ Bloom, Ken (1996). "Dream City". American Song: A-S. Schirmer Books. p. 271. ISBN 9780028645735.
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