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Djamileh
Djamileh is an "opéra comique" in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale, "Namouna", by Alfred de Musset.
Composition history.
De Musset wrote "Namouna" in 1832, consisting of 147 verses in three 'chants' (only the last dozen or so deal with the tale of Namouna). In 1871 when Bizet was stalled on other projects for the stage, Camille du Locle, director of the Opéra-Comique suggested to
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Henri Gervex's 1878 painting "Rolla" was based on a poem by De Musset. It was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it features suggestive metaphors in a scene from the poem, with a naked prostitute after having sex with her client, but the controversy helped Gervex's career.
Music.
Numerous (often French) composers wrote works using Musset's poetry during the 19th and early 20th century.
Georges Bizet's opera "Djamileh" (1871, with