''Leányvásár'' is a Hungarian

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 ...

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 ...

with a libretto by Miklós Bródy and

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. It was premiered on 14 November 1911 at the Király Színház (King Theater) in

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. It was adapted several times, as ''

The Marriage Market ''The Marriage Market'' (Leányvásár) is an operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. It was premiered on 14 November 1911 at the Király Színház (King Theater) in Budapest and was the composer's first significant success not only in Hu ...

'' in 1913 and '' Szibill/Sybil'' in 1914, both of which versions had several successful productions, and as ''Jack'' in Spanish. The operetta has also been adapted to the screen multiple times. The first adaptation was a 1919

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, ''Leányvásár'', directed by Antal Forgács (1881–1930), which used the libretto by Bródy and Martos as the basis for its story. A 1941 Hungarian-language sound film of the same name included the score by Jacobi. It starred

Zita Szeleczky Zita Szeleczky (born Zita Klára Terézia Szeleczky 20 April 1915 – 12 July 1999) was a Hungary, Hungarian stage actress, stage and film actress. She was discovered by the film studios in 1938 and soon became one of the most popular screen star ...

as Gergely Lucy,

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as Dr. Haday Péter, and

Manyi Kiss Manyi Kiss (Born Margit Kiss; 12 March 1911 – 24 March 1971) was a Hungarian actress. Career She was born in Magyarlóna, Kolozs County, Hungary ''(now Luna de Sus, Romania)'', to Lajos Kiss and Zsuzsanna Nagy. She acted from 1926 in Cluj ' ...

as Biri, and was directed by

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. The operetta was adapted again into a 1985 Hungarian-language

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, also titled ''Leányvásár'', which starred the actress

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as Lucy Harryson with the singing voice of Lucy being dubbed by opera singer Magda Kalmár.Hermann, p. 560

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leányvásár Hungarian-language operettas 1911 operas Operas Operas by Victor Jacobi