Le mariage aux lanternes

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Le mariage aux lanternes (The Wedding by Lantern-Light) is an operetta in one act by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Michel Carré and Léon Battu. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 10 October 1857. The operetta was a reworking of Le trésor à Mathurin which Offenbach had given at the Salle Herz in May 1853. Andrew Lamb, "Le mariage aux lanternes", in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. S... more
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Michel Carré

Michel Carré (20 October 1821 – 27 June 1872) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing libretti. His libretto for Mirette was never performed in France but was later...

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  • Oct 10, 1857
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Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of the Romantic era and one of the originators of the operetta form. Of German-Jewish ancestry, he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th...
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