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George's ballet of "The Gypsy," which appeared at the Paris Grand Opera in 1839, itself taken from a romance by Cervantes, was first produced in London, Nov. 27, 1843, at Drury Lane, with the following cast: ARLINE Miss ROMER. THADDEUS Mr. HARRISON. GYPSY QUEEN Miss BETTS. DEVILSHOOF Mr. STRETTON. COUNT ARNHEIM Mr. BORRANI. FLORESTEIN Mr.
Borrani, and Miss Pyne, sister of the preceding, and with this cast the opera ran a hundred nights. The story of the opera is laid in Portugal, time, 1777. The opening scene discloses the ruins of a castle in the mountains, near the monastery of St. Huberto, where Don Henrique, nephew of the Count de Campo Mayor, Minister of Police at Coimbra, overtaken by a storm, seeks shelter.
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