George Sand arrives in Geneva, where Liszt and his lover Marie de Flavigny, countess d’Agoult, live. Their house is empty when she arrives, and a letter by Liszt lets her know that they have gone to Chamonix. One of the couple’s friends, adjuvant Pictet, lets her in, but he believes her to be a man because of her travel clothes. Liszt and Marie come back. George Sand dresses as a woman and they all laugh at the adjuvant’s mistake. The play ends with a song in which they make fun of Genevan narrow-mindedness.

String marionette

All audiences

Choisy Laure

Switzerland

Geneva

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Gender

Romanticism

Alps

Historical event

Sexual identity

Journey

Provincial life

Self-righteousness

Satirical

Laure Choisy, Une visite romantique.

French

Writer

Composer

Major

Countess

Misunderstanding

Cross-dressing

Final song

Letter

Une visite romantique

A romantic visit