Naughty Marietta (operetta)
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Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert, written as a vehicle for Emma Trentini and produced by Oscar Hammerstein I. Set in 18th ce
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Sheet music cover to "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
Sheet music cover to "I'm Falling in Love with Someone"
Casquette girl
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A casquette girl but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. The name derives from the small chests, k
Naughty Marietta (operetta)
…scheme to establish a breakaway Louisiana dictatorship under his own command. Captain Dick's men are also excited about the arrival of marriageable casquette girls that the King of France has sent ("Taisez-Vous"). Plain-looking Lizette latches on to the boastful Simon O'Hara, Captain Dick's Jewish servant. When…
Engraving depicting the departure of "comfort girls" to the New World.