The operetta is about a girl named Bettina who is sent to take care of the turkeys of an unlucky farmer by the farmer's brother.

这出小歌剧讲述的是一个名叫贝蒂娜的女孩儿的故事，在剧中她被一个农夫派去照看他倒霉兄弟的火鸡。

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In a time when mass media was restricted to print and live performance an operetta like la Mascotte was enough to launch a new word into English.

在一个大众传媒仅限于纸质出版物的年代，像“吉祥物”这样的一出歌剧已足以为英文词汇添丁了。

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In his adopted country his family ran a Spanish operetta troupe.

在他的第二祖国，家人经营一个西班牙轻歌剧团。

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The show itself is a gem, a compact operetta with a radiant score, and virtually every aspect of this production is right on target, starting with Laura Osnes, the star, who looks like she stepped out of a storybook and sings like she stepped out of a dream.

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And in trying to refocus the operetta into a modern context, perhaps the purpose of the exercise becomes unclear.

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It covers an enormous range of experience, too, yet the style is consistently playful, even frivolous, and slyly erotic at times, we might be watching a naked operetta.

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