Lurline

The best-documented London work that premiered on February 23, 1860, is William Vincent Wallace's three-act opera with a libretto by Edward Fitzball. The Adelphi catalogue also records Lurline, or The Revolt of the Naiades as a George D. Pitt musical extravaganza from 1833, so the catalog description appears to combine several Victorian works. [Lurline score](https://musicaltheatreresourcecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/PublicDomain/Lurline.pdf), [Adelphi catalogue](https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/adelphi_book01_preface_18061899.pdf)

Count Rudolph, a ruined nobleman, is drawn into the Rhine by Lurline, a water nymph who gives him a magic ring. He is taken to her underwater realm and receives permission to return to land for three days before meeting her again at the Lurlei-Berg. [Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42918/pg42918-images.html)

Louisa Pyne created the title role at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with William Harrison as Count Rudolph. Alfred Mellon conducted the premiere on February 23, 1860. [Lurline score](https://musicaltheatreresourcecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/PublicDomain/Lurline.pdf)

The story follows the Lorelei tradition of the Rhine and its dangerous water spirit. Frequently mentioned numbers include Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer, Lurline, My Naiad Queen, and Flow on, thou Lovely Rhine. [Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42918/pg42918-images.html)