Significant French Operas

Titles beginning with V

Le Voyage en Chine

Opera comique in 3 acts

Music by François Bazin

Libretto by E. Labiche
& A. Delacour

First Performance: Opéra-Comique, Paris, December 9, 1865

Cast:
Henri de Kernoisan                                   Premier Ténor
Pompéry                                                     Couderc
Alindor de Rosenville                              Jeune premier trial
Maurice Fréval                                           Second tenor
Bonneteau, notaire                                    Basse comique
Maritial                                                       Basse
Mme Pompéry                                           Jeune mere, Dugazon
Marie, fille de Pompéry                           Soprano,
                                                                      première chanteuse
Berthe, fille de Pompéry                          Dugazon
Un Domestique                                          Rôle accessoire
Un Garçon d’hotel                                     Rôle accessories
Paysans, Baigneurs, Baigneuses et Matelots

Background

     Massenet's La Grand' Tante was commissioned by the Opéra-Comique to be the curtain raiser for this opera in 1867

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Last updated: January 08, 2008