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''[[Le Droit d'Aînesse]]'' ("The Birthright") is a French [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts by composer Francis Chassaigne (or François Chassaigne) with a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.  
 
 
''[[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.  
 
  
 
In French the title would be written ''[[Le droit d'aînesse]]''
 
In French the title would be written ''[[Le droit d'aînesse]]''

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Le Droit d'Aînesse ("The Birthright") is a French opéra bouffe in three acts by composer Francis Chassaigne (or François Chassaigne) with a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.

In French the title would be written Le droit d'aînesse

The original French version premiered in Paris in 1883.

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.

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.

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)[1]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antique-Comedy-Theatre-Romance-45MAR1/dp/B0014H2NGM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_droit_d%27a%C3%AEnesse