Significant French Operas

Chilpéric

Opéra bouffe in 3 acts & 3 scenes

Music by Hervé

Libretto by Hervé

First Performance: Folies-Dramatiques, Paris, October 24, 1868

Cast:
Chilpéric                                   1st Tenor comique
Ricin                                          Bass comique
Sigebert                                    Laruette
Divitiacus                                 Bass chantante
Nervoso                                    Comique
Le Grand Gégendaire             Tual
Landry                                     Tenor
Frédégonde                              1st Chanteuse excentrique
Galsuinthe                                1st Dugazon
Brunehaut                                2nd Chanteuse
Mme Chapuis                          2nd Dugazon
Alfred                                       2nd Chanteuse
Fana                                         Mezzo soprano
Gustave                                    Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Edouard                                  Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Charles                                    Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Emile                                       Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Hector                                     Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Ernest                                      Soubrette ou secondes amoureuses
Chorus: yes
Ballet: Act II: Polka, Mazurka, Polka de Martels

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