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As early as the 2nd of December, 1846, Meyerbeer had requested, and obtained, from the King of Prussia, two months' leave of absence, for the purpose of bringing out a revised version of _Das Feldlager in Schlesien_ in the Austrian capital; and on the 18th of February, 1847, it was performed there for the first time, with certain changes in the _libretto_ intended for the purpose of rendering it more acceptable to a Viennese audience, and under the new title of _Vielka_. Its success was triumphant. It had an immediate run of thirteen nights, interrupted only by a performance of the _Creation_, for the benefit of the orchestra; and the famous trio for _Vielka_ and the two flutes-afterwards transferred to _L'Etoile du Nord_, of which it formed the chief attraction-became at once extremely popular.
Yet, so dissatisfied was Mdlle. Lind, that, when the last flowers had been strown, and the echo of the last burst of applause had died away, she left the stage in despair at what she considered an ignoble failure, and with the full conviction that Meyerbeer himself would reproach her with having done injustice to his beautiful Opera.