The Fortune Teller (operetta)

The Fortune Teller is an operetta in three acts composed by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith.

Star Alice Nielsen and many of the original company traveled to London, where the piece opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 9, 1901, running for 88 performances.

[1] It was revived in New York on November 4, 1929, at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, starring Tessa Kosta, and ran for 16 performances.

She is in love with a young Hussar captain, Ladislas, but is being forced to marry a silly pianist, Count Barezowski.

Count Berezowski, a poor Polish composer, discovers that a student in the ballet school at the Budapest Opera will inherit a fortune.

It turns out that Fedor has not deserted either the army or his sweetheart but has heroically led a squad on a secret mission that resulted in a critical Hungarian victory.

All rejoice, and Irma is free to wed Ladislas, while Musette, Sandor, Fedor, and Mlle Pompom, can marry.

Sheet music
Alice Nielsen as Fedor