Geneviève de Brabant

Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Librettist: Adolphe Jaime
Etienne Tréfeu
Hector Crémieux

Tours by decade

1880s - 2 tours

1880 - Soldene English and Comic Opera Company: Fully Staged with Orchestra
1882 - Soldene English and Comic Opera Company: Fully Staged with Orchestra

Tours by location

Scotland, UK - 2 entries

1880 - Soldene English and Comic Opera Company: Dundee
1882 - Soldene English and Comic Opera Company: Dundee

Music

Jacques Offenbach (born Cologne, 20 June 1819; died Paris, 5 October 1880)

Text

Adolphe Jaime and Etienne Tréfeu, revised by Hector Crémieux

Source

Original

Premières

First Performance: Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens), 19 November 1859.

First Performance (revised): Paris (Menus-Plaisirs), 26 December 1867.

First Performance in UK: London (Philharmonic), 11 November 1871.

First Performance in Scotland: to be confirmed.

Scottish Opera première: N/A.

Background

Geneviève de Brabant was one of the first Offenbach pieces to be successful in Britain. The work itself is now forgotten, but one item, the famous 'Gendarmes' Duet' has maintained its popularity.

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