Le roi Carotte (King Carrot) is a 4-act opéra-bouffe-féerie with music by Jacques Offenbach and libretto by Victorien Sardou, after E. T. A. Hoffmann....
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The Tales of Hoffmann (redirect from Les contes d'Hoffmann)
The Tales of Hoffmann (French: Les contes d'Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier,...
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hoping to create something like Offenbach's successful 'grand fantaisie' Le roi Carotte. According to Victorin de Joncières, Chabrier had confided to him that...
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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 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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Cogniard Les amours du diable (1853), by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, music by Albert Grisar, Paris, Théâtre Lyrique Le roi Carotte (1872) and Le voyage...
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returned to normal, and Offenbach ended his voluntary exile. His new works Le roi Carotte (1872) and La jolie parfumeuse (1873) were modestly profitable, but...
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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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he sings Eurydice a doleful lament for his lost kingship ("Quand j'étais roi de Béotie"). Jupiter discovers where Pluton has hidden Eurydice, and slips...
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Nuit plus douce que le jour ! Ô belle nuit d'amour ! Le temps fuit et sans retour Emporte nos tendresses; Loin de cet heureux séjour Le temps fuit sans retour ...
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