Victor Herbert, Rida Johnson Young
Victor Herbert’s operetta Naughty Marietta is set in New Orleans in 1780. The story follows Captain Richard Warrington, who is commissioned to capture the mysterious French pirate who calls himself Bras Priqué, and how a beautiful runaway who calls herself Naughty Marietta, complicates this task.
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RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and more than 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Some of her best-known lyrics include “Mother Machree” fro ...
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