Editing Countess Maritza (section)

==English adaptations==

As ''Countess Maritza'', it made its New York City debut on 18 September 1926 at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]], in an adaptation by [[Harry B. Smith]], and with interpolated music by other composers, playing 318 performances,<ref>[http://showsdata.stageagent.com/index.php?info_type=3&id=1607 "Countess Maritza"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021114002/http://showsdata.stageagent.com/index.php?info_type=3&id=1607 |date=21 October 2014 }} on StageAgent website, accessed 21 October 2014.</ref> with [[Yvonne D'Arle|Yvonne d'Arle]] in the title role on opening night.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IBDB: Countess Maritza |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/countess-maritza-10120#OpeningNightCast |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=IBDB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1926-04-25 |title=Has a Voice Like the Nightingale |pages=67 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18761526/yvonne-darle-1926/ |access-date=2022-10-21}}</ref> The show was staged by [[J. C. Huffman]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|title=Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCTUkTpL8V8C&pg=PA59|access-date=2014-05-30 |date=1 January 2006|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5747-6}}</ref>

As ''Maritza'', it opened in London at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on 6 July 1938, with [[Mary Losseff]] in the title role.

A London revival by New [[Sadler's Wells Opera]] opened at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] in February 1983, with a new English book and lyrics by [[Nigel Douglas (tenor)|Nigel Douglas]], starring [[Marilyn Hill Smith]] (Maritza), Ramon Remedios (Tassilo), Laureen Livingstone (Lisa), Lynn Barber (Manja) and Tudor Davies (Zsupan) conducted by [[Barry Wordsworth]].