Les brigands
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Les brigands (The Bandits) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
[edit] Performance history
It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 10 December 1869. This version was in three acts. A four-act version was subsequently prepared for the Théâtre de la Gaîté on 25 December 1878.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adolphe de Valladolid | tenor | |
| Antonio | tenor | |
| Barbavano | bass | |
| Baron de Campo-Tasso | tenor | |
| Le Caissier | baritone | |
| Carmagnola | tenor | |
| Comte de Gloria-Cassis | tenor | |
| Domino | tenor | |
| Duc de Mantoue | baritone | |
| Falsacappa | tenor | |
| Fiorella | soprano | |
| La Duchesse | soprano | |
| Pipa | soprano | |
| Pipetta | soprano | |
| Pipo | tenor | |
| Pietro | tenor | |
| La Princesse de Grenade | soprano | |
[edit] Recordings
John Eliot Gardiner recorded the three-act version with chorus and orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon for EMI in 1988 (CD 7 49830 2).
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