Geneviève de Brabant
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Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach.
The original two-act French libretto was written by Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Etiene Tréfeu, this was revised in a new three-act version by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux.
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[edit] Performance history
The two-act version was first staged at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 19 November 1859. The three-act, revised version was given at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, Paris on 26 December 1867. A further five-act version was written for a production at Théâtre de la Gaîté on 25 February 1875. The New York premiere was on 22 October 1868.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere (three-act version) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Geneviève | soprano | |
| Isoline | soprano | |
| Almanzor | baritone | |
| Sifroid, Duke of Curaçao, husband of Geneviève | tenor | |
| Drogan, in love with Geneviève | soprano | Zulma Bouffar |
| Charles Martel, King of France | bass | |
| Golo, advisor to Sifroid | tenor | |
| Narcisse | tenor | |
| Brigitte, Geneviève's confidant | ||
| Pitou | ||
[edit] Sources
Geneviève de Brabant by Andrew Lamb, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
[edit] External links
- http://www.boosey.com/downloads/Genevieve1859.pdf Libretto of the original two-act version as originally submitted for censorship.
