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| − | ''[[Falka]]'' is a French comic opera by composer François Chassaigne
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| − | ''[[Le Droit d'Aînesse]]'' ("The Birthright") is an [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts by Francis Chassaigne (or François Chassaigne) with a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.
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| − | In French the title would be written ''[[Le droit d'aînesse]]''
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| − | The original French version premiered in Paris in 1883.
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| − | The English-language version of the libretto, titled ''[[Falka]]'' (after the name of the principal female character), was translated and adapted by Henry Brougham Farnie.
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| − | ''[[Falka]]'' premiered at the Royal Comedy Theatre, London in 1883, the Casino Theatre, New York, 1884 and was followed by productions throughout the English-speaking world.
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| − | Cecil A. Smith and Glenn Litton. 1987. ''Musical Comedy in America: From The Black Crook to South Pacific, From The King & I to Sweeney Todd''. Routledge (reprinted 2013)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=9efWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=Falka+a+comedy&source=bl&ots=iEzyLADTPE&sig=ACfU3U31XRNTebEjCEYz6eXhCjAh9LRApA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXjNSVmN7jAhVRTcAKHUDfD0UQ6AEwBnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Falka%20a%20comedy&f=false]
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| − | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antique-Comedy-Theatre-Romance-45MAR1/dp/B0014H2NGM
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_droit_d%27a%C3%AEnesse
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