Eva
Music by Franz Lehár · libretto by Alfred Maria Willner · premiered 1911
Eva, alternatively entitled Das Fabriksmädel (from German: The Factory Girl), is an operetta in three acts by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár with a German-language libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky. Premiered in 1911, it tells the story of a young working-class woman who falls in love with an aristocratic officer, but their romance is in jeopardy because of rigid social conventions and class barriers.
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About the Composer
Franz Lehár ( LAY-har; Hungarian: Lehár Ferenc [ˈlɛhaːr ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe).
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Other Operas by Franz Lehár
- Der Göttergatte (1904)
- Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909)
- Gypsy Love (1910)
- Endlich allein (1914)
- Der Zarewitsch (1917)
- Die blaue Mazur (1920)
- Giuditta (1930)