The Gipsy Baron

Archive Listings for The Gipsy Baron

T1961267191 (BYRE05) Company St Andrews Operatic Society.
15 Feb 05 to 19 Feb 05	Byre Theatre, St Andrews :: V640 listing details L1102794638
T1100434188 (GRANTH01) Company Grantham Operatic Society.
17 Apr 01 to 21 Apr 01	Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham :: V447 listing details L1376006423

Details

Opera or Operetta :: Strauss's dazzling operetta is a romantic period piece set among Hungarian gypsies. Exiled with his father in childhood, Sandor Barinkay returns to reclaim the family estates including a ruined castle with a hidden treasure. He is greeted by the gypsy tribe, his father's allies, and the current occupant Kalman Zsupan, village mayor and pig-farmer. Learning of the treasure Zsupan plans for Barinkay to marry his daughter Arletta but Barinkay falls in love with Saffi a gypsy princess. They are on the brink of marriage when a troop of soldiers appear and all the men are recruited to fight against the invading Turks. Barinkay and his 'Romany Hussars' return victoriously and he and Saffi are reunited.

Music	Johann Strauss
Lyrics	Ignaz Schnitzer