La Princesse de Trébizonde is an opéra bouffe with music by Jacques Offenbach and text by Étienne Tréfeu and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. The work was first given in two acts at the Theater Baden-Baden on 31 July 1869 and subsequently presented in a revised three-act version at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on 7 December of the same year. Background 1869 was a productive and successful year for Offenbach. Vert-Vert, an opéra comique by him in three acts had its premiere at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 10 March. This was followed less than two weeks later by the first performances of his opéra bouffe La diva at the Bouffes-Parisiens on 22 March. On 31 July La princesse de Trébizonde was given its premiere at Baden-Baden under the direction of the composer. In December of the same year, in the space of five days, the revised three-act version of La princesse de Trébizonde had its first performance on the 7th at the Bouffes-Parisiens, followed by the world premiere of the three act opéra bouffe Les brigands on the 10th at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris and the premiere of the one act La romance de la rose took place at the Bouffes-Parisiens the following day. Roles as Zanetta posing as a waxwork, in the Vienna production of La princesse de Trébizonde]] Synopsis Act 1 A public square Cabriolo is the proprietor of a sideshow in a travelling funfair. The attractions in the sideshow include a group of waxworks with the highlight an exceptionally beautiful one of the princess of Trébizonde. Among the members of the travelling entertainers are also Cabriolo's sister Paola, who has an act as a "Femme Sauvage", his daughters Zanetta and Regina, and Trémolini, Regina's long suffering sweetheart. While dusting the waxwork of the princess of Trébizonde, Zanetta accidentally breaks its nose off but in order to save the show she offers to impersonate the statue herself. A young nobleman Prince Raphaël and his tutor Sparadrap come to visit the funfair and instead of paying for admission in money the Prince drops a lottery ticket into the collection box to gain entrance to the show. Prince Raphaël falls madly in love with, as he thinks, the waxwork of the princess. The troupe of entertainers are amazed and overjoyed to receive the news that the lottery ticket has won and the prize is – a castle! Act 2 The castle