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Madame Chrysanthème (Madam Chrysanthemum) is an opera, described as a comédie lyrique, with music by André Messager to a libretto by Georges Hartmann and Alexandre André, after the semi-autobiographical novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti. It consists of four acts with a prologue and an epilogue and is set in Nagasaki, Japan. [1]
Originally written in French and published in 1887, Madame Chrysanthème was very successful in its day, running to 25 editions in the first five years of its publication with translations into several languages including English. [3] It has been considered a key text in shaping western attitudes toward Japan at the turn of the 20th century. [4]
Madame Chrysanthème may refer to: Madame Chrysanthème (novel) , 1887 story by Pierre Loti Madame Chrysanthème (opera) , 1893 opera by André Messager, based on the novel
Messager in 1921. André Charles Prosper Messager (French:; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les p'tites Michu (1897) and ...
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