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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 6255704" data-attributes="member: 8530">The final act begins with his 1863 single act operetta &quot;Il signor Fagotto&quot;.&nbsp; It is a story of story of a father outwitted and true love winning, and contains a variety of musical styles.&nbsp; It has six singer/actors consisting of three sopranos, one tenor and two baritones. The characters in the story itself are all classical musicians, and their performances include instrument solos in addition to the traditional singing. The second piece is third of the four acts from the 1864 romantic opera &quot;Die Rheinnixen&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is by far the lightest and most imaginative of the four acts, as the other three have war and tragedy as their themes to emphasize the romance, whereas this act has elves and woodland spirits helping the couple.&nbsp;&nbsp; Next is a piano piece from 1873 titled &quot;Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains.&quot;&nbsp; The final piece is one of the second of three acts from one of his final operettas &quot;La fille du tambour-major&quot; from 1879.&nbsp; It was one of his most successful pieces, running for 240 performances.&nbsp; In this act the character Stella falls in love with Robert, but her father has promised her hand to a feeble-minded old marquis, Bambini. However, Lieutenant Robert receives the news that Stella is the daughter, not of the duke, but of a French drum-major.&nbsp;&nbsp; The music is exquisite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 6255704, member: 8530"] The final act begins with his 1863 single act operetta "Il signor Fagotto". It is a story of story of a father outwitted and true love winning, and contains a variety of musical styles. It has six singer/actors consisting of three sopranos, one tenor and two baritones. The characters in the story itself are all classical musicians, and their performances include instrument solos in addition to the traditional singing. The second piece is third of the four acts from the 1864 romantic opera "Die Rheinnixen". This is by far the lightest and most imaginative of the four acts, as the other three have war and tragedy as their themes to emphasize the romance, whereas this act has elves and woodland spirits helping the couple. Next is a piano piece from 1873 titled "Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains." The final piece is one of the second of three acts from one of his final operettas "La fille du tambour-major" from 1879. It was one of his most successful pieces, running for 240 performances. In this act the character Stella falls in love with Robert, but her father has promised her hand to a feeble-minded old marquis, Bambini. However, Lieutenant Robert receives the news that Stella is the daughter, not of the duke, but of a French drum-major. The music is exquisite. [/QUOTE]

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