The Haughty Princess (A rátartós királykisasszony) is an

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

by the Hungarian composer

Victor Jacobi Victor Jacobi (22 October 1883 – 10 December 1921) was a Hungarian operetta composer. He studied at the Zeneakadémia (Academy of Music) in Budapest at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai. Jaco ...

. As his first operetta it was premiered on December 17, 1904 in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. The libretto is by Jenő Heltai, who rewrote a folk tale by Holger Drachmann.

References

Operas by Victor Jacobi Hungarian-language operettas 1904 operas Operas Holger Drachmann {{opera-stub