Le mariage aux lanternes (The Wedding by Lantern-Light) is an opérette in one act by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Michel Carré...
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Kurt Gänzl describes the work as "in the rustic vein of Le violoneux and Le mariage aux lanternes". The premiere was at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens...
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The Marriage of Figaro (play) (redirect from Le Mariage de Figaro)
The Marriage of Figaro (French: La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written...
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Orpheus in the Underworld (redirect from Orphée Aux Enfers)
Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers (French: [ɔʁfe oz‿ɑ̃fɛʁ]), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach...
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The Barber of Seville (play) (redirect from Le Barbier de Seville)
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution (French: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with...
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The Tales of Hoffmann (redirect from Les contes d'Hoffmann)
doll with the appearance of a human, but Hoffmann ignores her ("Une poupée aux yeux d'émail" – A doll with enamel eyes). Coppélius, Olympia's co-creator...
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Offenbach went to Vienna in 1861 to conduct performances of Le mariage aux lanternes and Le violoneux at the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai. H. B. Farnie...
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The Imaginary Invalid (redirect from Le Malade Imaginaire)
Imaginary Invalid, The Hypochondriac, or The Would-Be Invalid (French title Le Malade imaginaire, [lə malad imaʒinɛːʁ]) is a three-act comédie-ballet by...
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Jacques Offenbach (section Orphée aux enfers)
variant of such wordplay in La Périchole: Aux maris ré, Aux maris cal, Aux maris ci, Aux maris trants, Aux maris récalcitrants. ("Husbands who are re–...
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La belle Hélène (redirect from Le belle Helene)
with larger casts and chorus. The first of these to be produced, Orphée aux enfers, achieved notoriety and box-office success for its risqué satire of...
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