Overview
Character Name
Zigeunerprimas / Gypsy Band Leader
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Silent
Time & Place
pre-WW1, Budapest, Vienna, Early 20th Century
Analysis
At the hotel in Act Three, Feri leads a trio nicknamed ‘Jay Mamám’ which begins: ‘Nimm, Zigeuner, deine Gelge’. He calls on the Gypsy Band Leader to lead them in a dance.
Interestingly, Kalman also wrote an operetta called Der Zigeunerprimas, which premiered in 1912.
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