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A contemporary critic pronounced The Madcap Duchess, a love story set in eighteenth-century France, “as old-fashioned as a bunch of garden pinks, and as sweet.” The operetta has not enjoyed lasting success although it was considered a hit at the time and critics praised Herbert’s music.
A contemporary critic pronounced <em>The Madcap Duchess</em>, a love story set in eighteenth-century France, “as old-fashioned as a bunch of garden pinks, and as sweet.” The operetta has not enjoyed lasting success although it was considered a hit at the time and critics praised Herbert’s music.