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Jacques Offenbach by Nadar, c. 1860s Barbe-bleue ( French pronunciation: [baʁb blø] , Bluebeard ) is an opéra bouffe , or operetta, in three acts (four scenes) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy [ 1 ] based on Charles Perrault's 1697 story .
Paris, Théâtre des Variétés La foire Saint-Laurent: opéra bouffe: 3 acts: Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, and Albert de Saint-Albin: 10 February 1877: Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques: Maître Péronilla: opéra bouffe: 3 acts: Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, Paul Ferrier and Offenbach: 13 March 1878: Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle ...
Offenbach in the 1860s. This is a list of musical compositions by Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880). Offenbach is principally known for his operettas, of which he composed 98 between 1847 and 1880. He also wrote two opéras, Die Rheinnixen and his unfinished masterpiece Les contes d'Hoffmann. [1]
Offenbach by Nadar. Jacques Offenbach (/ ˈ ɒ f ən b ɑː x /; [n 1] 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann.
La Vie parisienne (French pronunciation: [la vi paʁizjɛn], Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. [1] This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects.
At the première, the Ronde des Charlatans, interpreted by Zulma Bouffar and Christian, won an encore. [7] The front of the theatre had a large model of the Moon to advertise the new opera. [8] The success of the show, whose première raised 3,898 francs, led to the theatre's receipts passing 10,018 francs with its seventh performance. [9]
Le pont des soupirs was first performed in a two-act version at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 23 March 1861. A four-act version was subsequently given at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 8 May 1868. From June 1861 Offenbach had taken his production of the opera to the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai in Wien, Treumann-Theater ...
Les deux aveugles premiered on the opening night of the Bouffes-Parisiens on 5 July 1855 at the company's first theatre, the tiny Salle Lacaze on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. It was the hit of the evening and was performed at the Salle Lacaze into the fall, making stars of the comedians who appeared in it. [ 3 ]