Red Feather (opera)

Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Red Feather premiered on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre on November 9, 1903. It closed at that theatre on January 2, 1904, after 60 performances. The show was remounted at the Grand Opera House in April 1904 for further performances. Louis F. Gottschalk served as musical director for the production and the work was staged by Joseph W. Herbert and Max Figman. Joseph Smith choreographed dances in the show, and the sets were design by Ernest Albert. Caroline Seidle designed the costumes. Red Feather starred soprano Grace Van Studdiford as Countess Hilda von Draga, a.k.a. "Red Feather", George L. Tallman as Captain Trevors, and Thomas Q. Seabrooke as Baron Bulverstrauss. Others in the cast included Stanley Hawkins as H.R.H. Crown Prince of Romancia, Elise de Vère as Mlle. Fifine, Louis Casavant as Colonel McPatrick, Olive Celeste Moore as Anita, Lillian Sefton as Prada, Margaret Hubbard Ayer as Daphne, and F. Stuart Hyatt as Bagstock Bowler. ==Plot==

Setting: The fictional town of Romancia and the Castle of Countess von Draga Countess Hilda von Draga is romantically pursued by both H.R.H. Crown Prince of Romancia and Captain Trevors. Unknown to both men, the Countess has plans to overthrow the monarchy of Romania, and is in fact the mysterious 'male bandit' "Red Feather" whose activities have been troubling the crown. Captain Trevors is tasked with capturing the elusive Red Feather by the Crown Prince, unaware that his target is the woman he loves. ==Classification==

The published score of Red Feather describes the work as a comic opera in two acts, and the work has an entry in Operas in English: A Dictionary (2013). ==References==