''Dream City'' is an operetta in two acts with music by

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is bes ...

and a libretto by Edgar Smith. The show contained a one-act musical burlesque '' The Magic Knight'' which parodies Richard Wagner's opera ''

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''. The original production opened at Weber's Music Hall in

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on December 24, 1906, and ran for 102 performances until March 23, 1907. Painter Ernest Albert designed the production's sets.

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''Dream City''
Internet Broadway Database English-language operettas 1906 operas Operas by Victor Herbert Musicals by Edgar Smith {{English-opera-stub