Francis Chassaigne, *1847 (Brussels, Belgium), †1922 (Paris, Le Raincy), composer
Falka, Comic Opera (UA 1883). Le droit d'aînesse ("The Birthright") is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Francis Chassaigne with a French libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo, premiered in Paris in 1883. Later that year an English-language version titled Falka (after the name of the principal female character), with a libretto translated and adapted by Henry Brougham Farnie, was successfully premiered in London followed by productions throughout the English-speaking world. (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_droit_d%27a%C3%AEnesse
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