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Gypsy Lady

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Shows · Gypsy Lady

In a romantic European setting, a dashing young nobleman falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl whose mysterious origins hold the key to a hidden fortune. Their love is complicated by class differences, a scheming rival, and the revelation that the gypsy girl may be of noble birth herself. The story weaves through mistaken identities and romantic intrigues before the lovers are united.

Opened
1946
Performances
79
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Victor Herbert (adapted by Robert Wright, George Forrest)Lyrics: Robert Wright, George ForrestBook: Henry Myers

Productions1 on Broadway

1946 Century Theatre Original. September 17, 1946 · Edgar MacGregor 79 performances

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In the literature11 passages

In 1946, a Broadway musical, Gypsy Lady , combined this score with that of another Herbert-Smith work, The Serenade . book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p19

In 1946, a Broadway musical, Gypsy Lady, combined this score with that of another Herbert-Smith work, The Serenade. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p30

Gypsy Lady (1946—based on Victor Herbert’s melodies) and Anya (1965—Sergey Rachmaninoff), were unsuccessful. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p176

Their best-known shows featured adaptations of famous melodies by earlier composers. These included Song of Norway (1944, Edvard Grieg), Gypsy Lady (1946, Victor Herbert), Kismet (1953, Alexander Borodin), and Anya (1964, Sergei Rachmaninoff). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p419

Cooper’s other musicals were the short-lived Gypsy Lady (1946), Make a Wish (1951), and The Carefree Heart (which closed during its pre-Broadway tryout in 1957). book:the-complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-hardcover-2014-rowman-lit#p65

Later the practice was consistently revived by the team of Robert Wright and George Forrest with varying degrees of success: Grieg, Song of Norway (1944); Herbert, Gypsy Lady (1953); Borodin, Kismet (1953); Rachmaninoff, Anya (1965). book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p741

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