'' The Yankee Consul'', also known as the ''Lieutenant Commander'', is a

comic opera Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue. Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...

in two acts with music by Alfred G. Robyn and a libretto by

Henry Blossom Henry Martyn Blossom (May 10, 1866 – March 23, 1919) was an American playwright and lyricist. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he teamed with Victor Herbert on several popular operettas. His first Broadway musical project was ''The Yankee ...

. The opera premiered in Boston on 21 September 1903 at the Tremont Theatre. The premiere production was produced by Boston opera impresario

Henry Wilson Savage Henry Wilson Savage (March 21, 1859 – November 29, 1927) was an American theatrical manager. Biography Henry W. Savage was born March 21, 1859, in New Durham, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard in 1880. He became president of the Henry W. ...

, and starred Raymond Hitchcock as Abijah Booze. The work was staged on

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the following year at the 41st Street Broadway Theatre where it ran for a total of 114 performances from February 22, 1904 through July 2, 1904. The opera was adapted into a 1921 silent film of the same name.

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