Babette is a Broadway operetta with a libretto by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert, which premiered in 1903.
[1] The original production opened at the Broadway Theatre on November 16, 1903, and closed on January 9, 1904, after 59 performances.
[2] In 1976 Bel Canto Opera staged an off-Broadway revival of the show, which opened on May 21 and ran for four performances.
[2][3][4] Babette, the letter-writer of a small Flemish village, travels with a group of Flemish patriots to Versailles to seek help from the French king in their desire for freedom from the Spanish.
[4] The 1903 production received positive reviews for Scheff in the lead role and Herbert's music, but generally negative reviews for the show's book.