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The Ameer is a three-act operetta by American composer Victor Herbert. Its libretto was written by Frederick M. Rankin and Kirke La Shelle, and the work premiered in New York in 1899. Like other operettas of its period, it combines spoken dialogue, songs, orchestral music, and comic theatrical situations within a fictional setting involving the title ruler.
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Who wrote the operetta The Ameer?
The music is by American composer Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Frederick M. Rankin and Kirke La Shelle. The three-act work premiered in New York in 1899.
What is Victor Herbert's The Ameer about?
It follows the fashionable 'Eastern' setting of many 1890s operettas, with romantic intrigue and comic business set around a fictionalized Eastern court. Like other operettas of its period, it mixes spoken dialogue, songs, and orchestral dance numbers.
Is The Ameer one of Victor Herbert's famous works?
It belongs to Herbert's early period and is far less known today than his later hits. It predates Babes in Toyland (1903), Mlle. Modiste (1905), and Naughty Marietta (1910), which remain his most frequently revived scores.
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