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Charles Lecocq’s *La fille de Madame Angot* is a significant French operetta from 1872. The work, premiered in Brussels, achieved immense popularity and remains one of the most successful opéra-comiques of its time. Set during the French Revolution, it features comedic storytelling and music by Leco...
"Le petit duc" is an opéra-comique in three acts composed by Charles Lecocq, with a French libretto written by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru. The piece premiered in 1878 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris, where it achieved considerable commercial success. Its original production notably ran f...
Giroflé-Girofla is an opéra-bouffe by French composer Charles Lecocq, premiered in Brussels in 1874 with a libretto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. The plot centers on twin sisters and their complicated marital situations, employing the popular theatrical device of mistaken identity. The work...
An 1882 French operetta by Lecocq, distinguished by its exotic Russian setting and its successful run at the Théâtre de la Renaissance.
Le jour et la nuit is Charles Lecocq's 1881 opéra-bouffe, a Paris Théâtre des Nouveautés success that ran for 193 performances.
An operetta about Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, the celebrated 18th-century French dancer, from the European tradition of dramatizing historical cultural figures.
La Marjolaine is an 1877 operetta by Charles Lecocq, a pastoral comedy that contributed to his sustained dominance of the French operetta stage in the 1870s.
Les cent vierges is an 1872 opérette by Charles Lecocq, premiered in Brussels and built around a comic scheme to send brides to a colony.
La Petite Mariée is an 1875 opéra comique by Charles Lecocq that scored considerable success in Paris, building on his earlier triumph with La Fille de Madame Angot.
La petite mademoiselle is an 1879 opéra-comique by Charles Lecocq, with Meilhac and Halévy's libretto for the Théâtre de la Renaissance.
Fleur de thé is Charles Lecocq's 1868 three-act opéra-bouffe, a Chinoiserie piece and his first substantial Paris stage success.
Le Coeur et la main is an 1882 opéra comique by Charles Lecocq, a romantic comedy involving dynastic entanglements that extended his prolific operetta output.
La Jolie Persane is an opéra comique by Charles Lecocq with an orientalist harem setting, characteristic of the French operetta genre's taste for exotic locales.
