page_title: Mlle. Modiste
section_title: Roles and original cast
hierarchical_section_title: Mlle. Modiste / Roles and original cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Source: http://www.biblio.com/books/12696430.html Sheet music from Mlle. Modiste, 1905
context_page_description: Mlle. Modiste is an operetta in two acts composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Henry Blossom. It concerns hat shop girl Fifi, who longs to be an opera singer, but who is such a good hat seller that her employer, Mme. Cecil, discourages her in her ambitions and exploits her commercial talents. Also, Fifi loves Etienne de Bouvray, who returns her love, but his uncle, Count Henri, opposes their union. The operetta features the song "Kiss Me Again".
  After tryouts in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., in October 1905, and a two-month tour, the operetta premiered on Broadway on December 25, 1905, at the Knickerbocker Theatre, where it ran for 202 performances and was revived the next season, followed by extensive touring when it was replaced at the theatre by Herbert's next piece, The Red Mill. It was frequently revived early in the 20th century.
context_section_description: Mme. Cecile, owner of a Parisian hat shop (mezzo-soprano) – Josephine Bartlett
  Fifi (Mlle. Modiste), clerk in the hat shop (soprano) – Fritzi Scheff
  Count Henri de Bouvray (baritone) – William Pruette
  Etienne de Bouvray, nephew of the Count (tenor) – Walter Percival
  Hiram Bent, American entrepreneur (bass) – Claude Gillingwater
  Fanchette and Nanette, Mme. Cecile's daughters – Edna Fassett and Blanche Morrison
  Gaston, an artist, Mme. Cecile's son – Leo Mars
  Marie Louise de Bouvray, Etienne's sister – Louise Le Baron
  Lieut. Rene La Motte, engaged to Marie Louise – Howard Chambers
  Mrs. Hiram Bent – Bertha Holly
  General Le Marquis de Villefranche – George Schraeder
  Francois, porter at Mme. Cecile's – R. W. Hunt
  Bebe, dancer at Folies Bergere – La Mora
  Fleurette – Ada Meade
caption: Sheet music for "Kiss Me Again"
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