Opéra bouffe [SEP] named after
Opéra bouffe
Opéra bouffe (, plural: "opéras bouffes") is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form.
Opéras bouffes are known for elements of comedy, satire, parody and farce. The most famous examples are "La belle Hélène", "Barbe-bleue" ("Bluebeard"), "La Vie parisienne", "La Périchole" and
(opéra comique, P. Bertin after G. de Nerval), RTF, 22 June 1951
- "Le chapeau à musique" (opéra enfantine, 2 acts, Tourasse and P. Dumaine), RTF, 1953
- "La princesse de Babylone", 1953–1955 (opéra bouffe, 3 acts, P. Dominique, after Voltaire), Rheims, Opéra, 3 March 1960
- "La cabine téléphonique" (opéra bouffe, 1 act, M. Vaucaire), RTF, 15 March 1959
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