Opera Scotland

Naval Cadet 1880Soldene English and Comic Opera Company

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Richard Genée is known today mainly as the librettist of several successful Viennese operettas, most notably Die Fledermaus. However he was a reasonably successful composer, too. The Naval Cadet only had a modest reception when it opened at the Globe Theatre in London, but this touring production, a few months later, seems to have been highly popular.