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An opera satire of the aesthetic movement, particularly inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites. Involves the jealousies of other men for Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet, who has enthralled their fiances with his art. They bicker over who he is to marry; he marries no one.
First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23, 1881.
Occasionally subtitled or named Bunthorne's Bride.
