La mascotte
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La mascotte is a three-act opéra comique with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. The story concerns a farm girl who is a "mascotte": someone with the mystic power to bring good luck to all around her, so long as she remains a virgin.
Marie Montbazon as Bettina, 1880
Louis Morlet and Marie Montbazon as Pippo and Bettina
The principal cast of La Mascotte at the Comedy Theatre in London, 1881
Edmond Audran
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Achille Edmond Audran was a French composer best known for several internationally successful comic operas and operettas.
Poster for the 1884 production of Le grand mogol in Paris.
Sheet music for the gavotte from La cigale et la fourmi