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La Vie parisienne (French pronunciation: [la vi paʁizjɛn], Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. [1] This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects.
1866: La Vie parisienne, opéra bouffe in 5 acts (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 31 October; 1867: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, opéra bouffe in 3 acts and 4 tableaux (with Ludovic Halévy), music by Jacques Offenbach, Théâtre des Variétés, 12 April
La permission de dix heures (revised version) Mélésville and Pierre Carmouche: 4 September 1873: Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance La Vie parisienne (revised version) 4 acts: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy: 25 September 1873: Paris, Théâtre des Variétés La jolie parfumeuse: opéra comique: 3 acts: Hector-Jonathan Crémieux and Ernest ...
During the 1860s, he produced at least eighteen full-length operettas, as well as more one-act pieces. His works from this period include La belle Hélène (1864), La Vie parisienne (1866), La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867) and La Périchole (1868). The risqué humour (often about sexual intrigue) and mostly gentle satiric barbs in these ...
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (French: [teɑtʁ de buf paʁizjɛ̃]) is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul.
Opéra bouffe (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa buf], plural: opéras bouffes) is a genre of mid- to late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name.
1859: Les Dames de Coeur-Volant, opéra bouffe in 1 act, with Bourdois; 1860: Les Parisiennes. La comtesse Jeanne, 1860: Voyage à la recherche du bonheur, (in Le Musée des familles, issue 15) 1868: La dernière douairière, (published as a serial) 1870: Les flibustiers du grand monde; 1875: La vie parisienne; 1876: La chasse aux fantômes
The Opéra bouffe is a genre of late 19th-century French opera closely associated with Jacques Offenbach containing elements of comedy, satire, parody and farce. Pages in category "Opéras bouffes" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.