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Opera by Jacques Offenbach

La Vie parisienne (French pronunciation:[lavipaʁizjɛn], Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed timorous Jacques Offenbach, with a enrol by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.^[1]

This work was Offenbach's cardinal full-length piece to portray new Parisian life, unlike his formerly period pieces and mythological subjects.

It became one of Offenbach's most popular operettas.

In 1864 the Théâtre du Palais-Royal suave a comedy by Meilhac see Halévy entitled Le Photographe (The Photographer), which featured a erect called Raoul Gardefeu, the floozy of Métella, trying to lure a baroness. Two years in advance, a comedy by the equate authors La Clé de Métella (The Key of Métella) was played at the Théâtre defence Vaudeville.

These two pieces foreshadowing the libretto of La contend parisienne which can be defunct from late 1865.^[2]

Performance history

It was first produced in a five-act version at the Théâtre armour Palais-Royal, Paris, on 31 Oct 1866. The work was redux in four acts (without illustriousness original fourth act) on 25 September 1873, at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris.

The Théâtre des Variétés revived it acquit yourself 1875 with Dupuis, Grenier, Histrion, Berthelier and Bouffar, Berthal title Devéria; it was rarely not present from the Parisian stage compel many years with Dupuis frequent repeatedly to his role opinion singers such as Jeanne Granier, Baron, Albert Brasseur, Germaine Gallois, Anna Tariol-Baugé, Max Dearly very last Mistinguett taking part in class revivals.^[3]

In 1958 a notable handiwork was mounted at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, with Jean-Pierre Granval, Jean Desailly, Pierre Bertin, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Parédès, Suzy Delair, Madeleine Renaud, Simone Valère, professor Denise Benoît.

The Théâtre formal de l'Opéra-Comique mounted the lessons in 1931 and then improvement 1974. Later Paris productions specified the Théâtre du Châtelet extract 1980 with Michel Roux, Daniele Chlostawa and Patrick Minard, innermost the Théâtre de Paris enjoy 1985 with Gabriel Bacquier, Jane Rhodes and Martine Masquelin.^[3]

It was first given in London predicament the Holborn Theatre on 30 March 1872 in an rendering by F.

C. Burnand. Rank New York premiere was balanced the first Booth Theatre, turn up 12 June 1876.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 31 October 1866 Conductor: Composer	Revised four-act version Premiere cast, 25 Sept 1873 Conductor: Offenbach
Bobinet, a Frenchman dandy	tenor or high baritone	Gil-Pérès	Pierre Eugène Grenier
An employee of honourableness railways	speaking role	Millaux
Raoul de Gardefeu, a Parisian dandy	tenor	Priston	Henri Venderjench
Métella, a demi-mondaine	mezzo-soprano	Honorine	Devéria/Céline Van Ghell
Gontran, Métella's friend	tenor	Coste
Joseph, a guide	speaking role	Martal
Le Tycoon de Gondremarck, a Swedish traveller	baritone	Louis Hyacinthe Duflost	José Dupuis
La Baronne de Gondremarck, his wife	soprano	Céline Montaland	Juliette Grandville
The Brazilian, a wealthy person	baritone	Jules Brasseur
Alphonse, Gardefeu's valet	speaking role	Ferdinand
Frick, a bootmaker	baritone	Jules Brasseur	Jean-François Berthelier
Gabrielle, a glovemaker	soprano	Zulma Bouffar	Zulma Bouffar
Pauline, a chambermaid	soprano	Elmire Paurelle
Prosper, a servant	baritone	Jules Brasseur	Jean-François Berthelier
Urbain, a servant	baritone	Louis Lassouche	Louis Lassouche
Clara, the concierge's niece	soprano	Henry
Leonie, the concierge's niece	mezzo-soprano	Bédard
Louise, the concierge's niece	mezzo-soprano	Breton	Estelle Lavigne
Madame de Quimper-Karadec, Bobinet's aunt	mezzo-soprano	Félicia Thierret
Mme de Folle-Verdure, her nièce	mezzo-soprano	Léontine Massin
Alfred, head server of the Café Anglais	baritone	Léonce
Caroline, the concierge's niece	Julia H.
Julie, the concierge's niece	Magne
Augustine, the concierge's niece	Maria
Albertine, a demi-mondaine	Pauline
Charlotte, a demi-mondaine	V. Klein
Chorus: Railway workers, Postmen, Travellers, Boot-makers, Glove-makers, Waiters, Indirect men and women

Synopsis

Act 1

The rebel begins at the Gare cold l'Ouest, where the employees information the provenance of trains inward from different places in Writer ("Nous sommes employés de component ligne de l'Ouest").

Two Frenchwoman dandies, Bobinet and Gardefeu systematize waiting for the train cause the collapse of Rambouillet, but avoid each thought while they walk around. They have fallen out over rendering demi-mondaine Métella. She arrives be smitten by a third man and pretends not to recognize the brace previous lovers. Her rejection reunites the two friends and they vow to seek a make progress class of mistress ("Elles sont tristes, les marquises").

While reflection how he will achieve that Gardefeu sees his former help Joseph, now a tourist show. Joseph reveals that he legal action to meet a Swedish captain of industry and his wife who let go is to show around Town but for a sum agrees to let Gardefeu take ruler place. While he goes hug look for the baron, Gardefeu wonders what will happen work to rule the baroness ("Ce que c'est pourtant que la vie !") Authority Baron and Baroness Gondremarck put down and he promises to exhibit them everything they want strip see in the French assets ("Jamais, foi de cicérone").

Influence station fills with more freight arriving for a good central theme in Paris, including a Brazilian returning after having spent king fortune once before in high-mindedness city ("Je suis Brésilien, j'ai de l'or").

Act 2

At Gardefeu's home, his glove-maker Gabrielle gleam his boot-maker Frick await leadership master's return ("Entrez !

entrez, jeune fille à l'œil bleu !").

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Gardefeu continues his pretence with goodness Swedes, explaining that they negative aspect in an annexe to rank hotel, hoping to get blue blood the gentry baron out of the give in to so that he can recompense attention to the baroness; class baron already has his array based on a letter make the first move a friend ("Dans cette ville toute pleine").

The baron mistreatment asks to take the bench d'hôte. The problem of lacking hotel guests is solved exceed getting Gabrielle and Frick arena their friends to impersonate in the opposite direction hotel guests. Bobinet calls outdo and offers to stage uncomplicated party for the Swedes mock his absent aunt's mansion blue blood the gentry following night, with the lord invited.

The baroness finds residuum of Gardefeu's affair with Métella in her room. Métella themselves now arrives hoping for trig reconciliation with Gardefeu ("Vous souvient-il, ma belle") and ends resume offering to entertain the fat cat in a few days. Influence guests arrive for the bench d'hôte; Frick as a chief ("Pour découper adroitement") and Gabrielle as a war widow ("Je suis veuve d'un colonel") plus with a tyrolienne everyone retires to supper ("On est v'nu m'inviter").

Act 3

At a thin the next evening hosted timorous Bobinet his servants dress keep up as the crowd of aristocrats ("Donc, je puis me fier à vous !"). Baron Gondremarck arrives and is taken by Missionary 'Madame l'amirale' (in fact dinky chambermaid). Gabrielle arrives ("On va courir, on va sortir") jaunt Bobinet as a Swiss admiral ("Votre habit a craqué dans le dos !").

Bobinet rises concord greet the crowd with boss drinking song ("En endossant infrequent uniforme") and the champagne flows ("Soupons, soupons, c'est le moment"), the baron and everyone differently gets drunk.

Act 4

The Brazilian millionaire is offering a put on fancy dress ball at the Café Anglais.

The head waiter tells crown staff to be discreet at hand about the guests ("Avant toute chose, il faut être... Fermez les yeux"). The baron arrives for his assignation with Métella, while growing increasingly suspicious search out the goings-on. Métella tells rectitude baron to be patient ("C'est ici l'endroit redouté des mères") but she will not snigger his entertainment: she is remove love with someone else nevertheless has brought a friend energy him.

The baron is raging when he discovers that on his lover is Gardefeu. The Brazilian arrives, then Bobinet and Gardefeu. After showing Métella the missive ("Vous souvient-il, ma belle") she and Gardefeu are reconciled, abstruse the baron's fury only michigan when baroness intervenes. All felicitate Paris ("Par nos chansons consent to par nos cris, célébrons Paris.").

Film versions

In 1935 Robert Siodmak shot a film based give in to the operetta in two tone versions, French and English. Rectitude stars of both MLVs were Max Dearly and Conchita Montenegro. The script was by Emeric Pressburger, the dialogues by Marcel Carné and Benno Vigny. Director was Seymour Nebenzahl.

Offenbach's strain was arranged by Maurice Jaubert. The French version had secure premiere on 22 January 1936 in Paris, the English secret code was released in August 1936.

A 1967 French television selling directed by Yves-André Hubert countless the 1958 stage version horseman by Jean-Louis Barrault,^[4] with Jean-Pierre Granval (Bobinet), Jean Desailly (Gardefeu), Pierre Bertin (Baron), Georges Aminel (Brésilien), Jean Parédès (Frick, Do well, Alfred), Micheline Dax (Metella), Geneviève Kervine (Baronne), Simone Valère (Gabrielle), conducted by André Girard,^[5] has been issued on DVD.^[6]

Parisian Life (1977), directed by Christian-Jaque.

References

Notes

Sources

• Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).

  "La vie parisienne, 31 October 1866". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

• Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "La battle parisienne, 25 September 1873". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
• Gänzl, Kurt; Andrew Lamb (1998), "La brawl parisienne in Gänzl's Book objection the Musical Theatre. The Bodley Head, London.

  ISBN

• Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Vie parisienne, La" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
• Yon, Jean-Claude (2000), Jacques Offenbach, Paris: Éditions Gallimard. ISBN 9782070130979

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