Provocatoria Presuntuosa

The complete works of Otto Büchstein
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Margarete Matzenauer in the role of Provocatoria at La Scala in 1898
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Provocatoria Presuntuosa is a character in Otto Büchstein’s operas Der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch, and Talentdämmerung. Her repeated appearance in otherwise unconnected dramatic works led to a theory that she is loosely based on Büchstein’s own spouse, Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton.

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