Naughty Marietta (operetta): Difference between revisions

'''''Naughty Marietta''''' is an [[operetta]] in two acts, with [[libretto]] by [[Rida Johnson Young]] and music by [[Victor Herbert]]. Set in [[New Orleans]] in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Pique" – and how he is helped and hindered by a high-spirited runaway, Contessa Marietta. The score includes many well-known songs, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life".

''Naughty Marietta'' had its first performance on October 24, 1910, in [[Syracuse, New York]],<ref>Engle, Sherry Darlene. [https://books.google.com/books?id=I9n9A-BHrN8C&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=%22Naughty+Marietta%22+Syracuse+1910&source=bl&ots=r8qFCapaNE&sig=RpDb40cBp2mZnJvTcjLK92dipNE&hl=en&ei=Z-nVS8mOFMGAlAe7pZC5CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Naughty%20Marietta%22%20Syracuse%201910&f=false ''New women dramatists in America'', 1890-1920]. p. 164, Macmillan (2007) {{ISBN|1-4039-7320-2}}, accessed April 25, 2010</ref> and opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on November 7, 1910, playing for 136 performances at the [[Olympia Theatre (New York)|New York Theatre]]. It enjoyed revivals in 1929 at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre and in 1931 at Erlanger's Theatre. The operetta became Victor Herbert's greatest success.

A [[Naughty Marietta (film)|film version of ''Naughty Marietta'']] was released by [[MGM]] in 1935 starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Nelson Eddy]]. A [[Naughty Marietta (television)|television version]] of the operetta was broadcast live in the United States on January 15, 1955, starring [[Patrice Munsel]] and [[Alfred Drake]].