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Opéra bouffe
Opéra bouffe (plural, opéras bouffes) is a genre of late 19th century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form.
Opéra bouffes are known for elements of comedy, satire, parody and farce....
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L'étoile
L'étoile is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with a libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.
Chabrier met his librettists at the home of a mutual friend, the painter Gaston Hirsh, in 1875. Chabrier played to them early...
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- 1877
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- Nov 28, 1877
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La belle Hélène
La belle Hélène ("The Beautiful Helen" or "The Fair Helen"), opéra bouffe in three acts, is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The operetta parodies the story of Helen's elopement...
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- Dec 17, 1864
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La Périchole
La Périchole is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French-language libretto based on the 1829 one act play Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived on 13 March...
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- 1868
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- Oct 6, 1868
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La bonne d'enfant
La bonne d'enfant (The Nanny) is an opérette-bouffe (or operetta), in one act by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Bercioux.
It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 14 October 1856. Offenbach's early...
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- Oct 14, 1856
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Fisch-Ton-Kan
Fisch-Ton-Kan is an opéra bouffe in one act by Emmanuel Chabrier of which only fragments survive. The French libretto was by Paul Verlaine and probably Lucien Viotti, after the 'parade chinoise' Fich-Tong-Khan ou l'orphelin de le Tartarie of 1835 by...
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- 1864
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- Mar 31, 1875
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Le testament de la tante Caroline
'''Le testament de la tante Caroline''' (Aunt Caroline's Will) is an opéra bouffe or operetta by composer Albert Roussel and librettist Nino (pseudonym of Michel Veber). The original production was in the Czech language and in three acts, but the...
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- 1933
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- Nov 14, 1936
