Le pont des soupirs
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Le pont des soupirs (The Bridge of Sighs) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach.
The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.
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[edit] Performance history
It was first performed in a two-act version at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 23 March 1861. A four-act version was subsequently given at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 8 May 1868.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amoroso, a pageboy | soprano | |
| Astolfo | bass | |
| Cascadetto | tenor | |
| Cornarino Cornarini, Doge of Venice | tenor | |
| Catarina Cornarini, his wife | soprano | |
| Baptiste, the Doge's equerry | tenor | |
| Fabiono Fabiani Malatromba, member of the Council of Ten | tenor | |
| Franrusto | bass | |
| Arlequin | ||
| Colombine | ||
| Laodice | ||
| The chief of the Council of Ten | ||
[edit] Sources
Pont des soupirs, Le 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/Pontdessoupirs.pdf Libretto submitted for censorship, Paris 1861
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