Operetta Research Center » Charles Lecocq

The “La fille de Madame Angot” Disaster at Opéra Comique

kevin — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 08:52:32 +0000

The last time this wonderful operetta by Charles Lecocq was performed in Paris was in 1984, at the Châtelet. I

kevin — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:18:04 +0000

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, a young lady radio or TV ‘interviewer’ asked me: what was

kevin — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 07:43:43 +0000

The sky is blue, the sun is shining, the waves are tinkling on the shore a hundred metres from me

kevin — Sat, 16 May 2020 08:27:41 +0000

The record label Naxos has just released a fascinating CD containing French 19th century overtures. One of these is the

kevin — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:23:55 +0000

They now call themselves “Bouffes de Bru Zane,” and they are taking up the operetta torch at the Théâtre Marigny

kevin — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 07:47:11 +0000

When Stanley Potter died in 1894, his – paid – death notice said he was ‘of the Carl Rosa’. So

kevin — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:33:15 +0000

Palazzetto Bru Zane has devoted its energy to the rediscovery of forgotten (French) operas, so far. But now, an opéra

kevin — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:28:36 +0000

Marie Desclauzas was a buxom and eventually hefty star of the opérette stage who became the most admired musical character

kevin — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:57:17 +0000

Along with Planquette’s Les Cloches de Corneville, La Fille de Madame Angot (Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes, Brussels, 4 December 1872) was

kevin — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:47:10 +0000

The most potent musician in the development of the French opérette tradition in the 1870s, and for a decade the