Le pont des soupirs (The Bridge of Sighs) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.
It 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.
Cornarino Cornarini, the Doge of Venice, who was also the admiral of the Ve...
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Le pont des soupirs (The Bridge of Sighs) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.
It 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.
Cornarino Cornarini, the Doge of Venice, who was also the admiral of the Venetian fleet, has deserted the navy in fear of the coming sea battle, and so is under a cloud of disgrace. He returns to his palace with his squire, Baptiste, to find his wife, Catarina, being serenaded by two lovers. The first is the Prime Minister. The second is his villainous cousin, Fabiano Fabiani Malatromba. Cornarini and Baptiste make a clumsy attempt to prevent Catarina's seduction and get arrested in the process. Brought before the Council of Ten, Cornarini and Baptiste try to save their lives by posing as Cornarini’s killers....
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