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Janos searches for the singer in the darkness and finds Vilma. His questions indicate that, much to his surprise, Vilma is his daughter. As great as the joy is over finding his daughter, so is his anger at the treatment of Vilma in this city. The scheme he devised is completed, and after all involved
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Janos takes pity on the unfortunate lovers, Hermann and Vilma, as he had experienced a similar situation in his youth. When he was young, he loved Zinka, whom he was not allowed to marry because of his poverty. He was forced to leave her and never saw her again. Remembering his old love, he recalls a
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Vilma is an orphan who was educated by the community. Now she has become a pretty young woman and draws the attention of all men, including those who are already married. In response, the men's wives complain to the mayor, Bums, and the council begins to investigate Vilma's behavior. Bums and
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song he always sang with Zinka, which he claims is a song that only he knows. Suddenly, he hears the same song. But it is not Zinka, but Vilma, who sings this sad song. She learned it from her mother in her childhood.
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completely rewrote the operetta. It was set in the 18th century amid the court intrigues of a Baron and his
Hungarian Countess lover, whose ballet company is referred to as the "
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