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Les cent vierges is a three-act French opérette with music by Charles Lecocq and a libretto by Clairville, Henri Chivot, and Alfred Duru. It premiered at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels on 16 March 1872. Its comic plot concerns a plan to send one hundred young women to a distant colony populated by one hundred unmarried British men, with two married women accidentally joining the voyage.
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What is Les cent vierges about?
Les cent vierges is a comic three-act French opérette built around a plan involving one hundred young women. Its plot uses mistaken identities and theatrical farce rather than serious drama.
Who wrote Les cent vierges?
Charles Lecocq composed the music. The libretto was written by Clairville, Henri Chivot, and Alfred Duru.
When and where did Les cent vierges premiere?
It premiered at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels on 16 March 1872. That places it in the early period of Lecocq's successful operetta career.
What type of stage work is Les cent vierges?
It is a French opérette, a light theatrical form combining spoken dialogue, songs, and comic scenes. The work belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of French musical comedy.
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