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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe satirizing militarism, premiered in Paris with Hortens...

Military French Satire 1860S

9.0 Excellent

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La fille de Madame Angot

La fille de Madame Angot is Charles Lecocq's 1872 opéra-comique, premiered in Brussels and among the era's biggest Frenc...

French Comedy Revolution Lecocq

8.4 Great

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Barbe-bleue

Barbe-bleue is Offenbach's 1866 opéra bouffe after Perrault's Bluebeard, with a Meilhac-Halévy libretto and Hortense Sch...

French Satire Fairy Tale 1860S

8.3 Great

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La fille du tambour-major

La fille du tambour-major is Offenbach's 1879 opéra comique, one of his last premieres and a successful work billed as h...

Military French Romance Offenbach

8.0 Great

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Véronique

Véronique is André Messager's 1898 opéra comique, premiered at Bouffes-Parisiens and long regarded as his most enduring...

French Comedy Romance 1890S

7.9 Good

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Le voyage dans la lune

Le voyage dans la lune is Offenbach's 1875 opéra-féerie loosely after Jules Verne, premiered at the Théâtre de la Gaîté...

Fantasy French Moon Offenbach

7.9 Good

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Le petit duc

Le petit duc is an 1878 opéra-comique by Charles Lecocq, premiered at Paris's Théâtre de la Renaissance and ran for 301...

Military French Comedy Lecocq

7.7 Good

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Fantasio

Fantasio is Offenbach's 1872 opéra comique after Alfred de Musset, a work that failed in his lifetime but was revived th...

French Comedy Romance Offenbach

7.7 Good

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Giroflé-Girofla

Giroflé-Girofla is Charles Lecocq's 1874 opéra-bouffe, a Brussels premiere about twin brides that became an internationa...

French Comedy Twins Lecocq

7.6 Good

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La princesse de Trébizonde

La princesse de Trébizonde is Offenbach's 1869 opéra bouffe, premiered at Baden-Baden and revised for Paris in the same...

French Comedy Circus 1860S

7.5 Good

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Le roi Carotte

Le roi Carotte is Offenbach's 1872 opéra-bouffe-féerie with a Victorien Sardou libretto, noted for its political satire...

Fantasy French Satire Offenbach

7.5 Good

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Die schöne Galathee

Die schöne Galathee is an 1865 one-act operetta by Franz von Suppé, based on the Galatea myth and his first critical suc...

Comedy Viennese 1860S Myth

7.5 Good

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Le pont des soupirs

Le pont des soupirs is Offenbach's Venice-set 1861 opéra bouffe, with a Crémieux-Halévy libretto and a later four-act Pa...

French Comedy Venice 1860S

7.4 Good

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Robinson Crusoé

Robinson Crusoé is Offenbach's 1867 opéra comique after Daniel Defoe, written for the Paris Opéra-Comique and known for...

Adventure French Literary 1860S

7.4 Good

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Le petit Faust

Le petit Faust is Hervé's 1869 opera bouffe parody of Goethe and Gounod's Faust, first staged at Paris's Folies-Dramatiq...

French Satire Parody 1860S

7.2 Good

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M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le...

M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le... is Offenbach's one-act 1861 opéra bouffe, a Paris drawing-room parody of Italian be...

French Parody Salon 1860S

7.2 Good

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Madame Favart

Madame Favart is Offenbach's 1878 opéra comique about the actress Justine Favart, a late Paris success that ran 208 perf...

French Historical Theatre Offenbach

7.2 Good

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L'oeil crevé

L'oeil crevé is Hervé's 1867 French opera bouffe, a Folies-Dramatiques hit whose first year reached 345 performances in...

French Satire Comedy 1860S

7.0 Good

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L'île de Tulipatan

L'île de Tulipatan is Offenbach's one-act 1868 opéra bouffe, with a Chivot-Duru libretto and a comic plot centered on mi...

French Satire 1860S Offenbach

7.0 Good

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Fleur de thé

Fleur de thé is Charles Lecocq's 1868 three-act opéra-bouffe, a Chinoiserie piece and his first substantial Paris stage...

Exotic French Comedy 1860S

6.2 Fair