The Red Hussar is a comedy opera in three acts by
Edward Solomon, with a libretto by
Henry Pottinger Stephens, concerning a young ballad singer who disguises herself as a Hussar to follow her penniless beloved to France. By a feat of gallantry, she saves his life and is promoted to the rank of sergeant. It turns out that she is a rich heiress, and all ends happily.
The piece opened at the
Lyric Theatre in London on 23 November 1889, running for 175 performances. It was the revised version of an opera written several years earlier called The White Sergeant. It starred
Marie Tempest,
Hayden Coffin,
Arthur Williams and later
John Le Hay.
The show also had a New York run, opening on 3 August 1890 at
Palmer's Theatre until 11 October, with Tempest making her American debut, and then moving to the
Grand Opera House.[1][2]The Red Hussar has enjoyed other revivals.[3]
The Red Hussar is a comedy opera in three acts by
Edward Solomon, with a libretto by
Henry Pottinger Stephens, concerning a young ballad singer who disguises herself as a Hussar to follow her penniless beloved to France. By a feat of gallantry, she saves his life and is promoted to the rank of sergeant. It turns out that she is a rich heiress, and all ends happily.
The piece opened at the
Lyric Theatre in London on 23 November 1889, running for 175 performances. It was the revised version of an opera written several years earlier called The White Sergeant. It starred
Marie Tempest,
Hayden Coffin,
Arthur Williams and later
John Le Hay.
The show also had a New York run, opening on 3 August 1890 at
Palmer's Theatre until 11 October, with Tempest making her American debut, and then moving to the
Grand Opera House.[1][2]The Red Hussar has enjoyed other revivals.[3]