Die schöne Galathée

"The Beautiful Galatea" redirects here. For the 1950 West German film, see The Beautiful Galatea (film).
Die schöne Galathée
Operetta by Franz von Suppé
The composer of the operetta, c. 1885
TranslationThe Beautiful Galatea
Librettist
LanguageGerman
Based onMyth of Galatea
Premiere
30 June 1865 (1865-06-30)
Woltersdorff-Theater, Berlin

Die schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea) is an operetta in one act by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and 'Poly Henrion' (the pseudonym of Leonhard Kohl von Kohlenegg).

In the early 1860s, French operettas by Jacques Offenbach were first presented in Vienna. Franz von Suppé was obliged to compete with them by taking the time-honored traditions of Vienna and combining it with the new style of Offenbach. Die schöne Galathée was Franz von Suppé's first critical success.

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