''Nanon'' is an operetta by Richard Genée. The libretto was freely adapted from ''Nanon, Ninon et Maintenon'', of

Emmanuel Théaulon Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King o ...

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Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist, and also Achille d'Artois's brother. Biography Trained for the bar, he first worked as an attorney but the success of his play ''Les Fina ...

F. Zell Camillo Walzel (11 February 1829 –17 March 1895) was a German librettist and theatre director, who wrote under the pseudonym F Zell. Life and work Walzel was born in Magdeburg. In his early years, he worked in his father's lithographic factory, ...

and R. Genee. 10 March 1877 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume II Robert Ignatius Letellier - 2015- Volume 2 - Page 1328 1443885088

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Heinz Hoppe Heinz Hoppe (26 January 1924 – 7 April 1993) was a German lyric tenor in opera, lied and operetta, who performed internationally. A long-time member of the Hamburg State Opera, he appeared in world premieres. A regular guest also on radio and t ...

, Kurt Marschner, Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg,

Richard Müller-Lamperts Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

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