Significant French Operas

Le Caïd

Opera bouffe in 2 acts in verse

Music by Ambroise Thomas

Libretto by Thomas Sauvage

First Performance: Opéra-Comique, Paris, January 3, 1849

Cast:
Virginie                                   First Chanteus (Dorus)
Fatma                                     Young Chanteus
Birotteau                                 First Tenor léger
Ali-Bajou                                 Comic Tenor (Trial)
Michel                                     First bass chantante or baritone
Aboul-Y-Far                           First comic bass

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Last updated: January 07, 2008