Le Droit d'Aînesse
Falka is a French comic opera by composer François Chassaigne
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
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.
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