Bernicat had worked for some time in café-concert; he began work setting a libretto based on an old vaudeville Les beignets à la cour, which became an opéra-comique in three acts Les beignets du roi and was mounted at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels in February 1882, with some success.[2]
François les bas-bleus was first performed at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques on 8 November 1883, and continued to play there until the following March. From 17 December 1887 it was revived at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs for 50 performances, with Jane Pierny as Fanchon, Jacquin as François, Bartel as Pontcornet and Alice Berthier as the comtesse de la Savonnière. In October 1896 the Folies-Dramatiques revived it with Jean Périer in the title role. The work was staged at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on 17 January 1900 for a further 36 performances, with Périer again and Anne Tariol-Baugé as Fanchon.[3]
Rolesedit
Role
Voice type
Premiere Cast, 8 November 1883 (Conductor: Pascal Delagarde)
The opera takes place in Paris in 1789. François les Bas-Bleus, friend of all sweethearts, is a letter-writer at the Carrefour Saint-Eustache, and in love with Fanchon, a street-singer. The marriage of the two would be quite straightforward, were it not that Fanchon decides to sing to François, a childhood birthday song, which instantly identifies her to the passing comtesse de la Savonnière. Without a doubt, this Fanchon is the child of the marquis de Pontcornet, raised in a circus. Fanchon’s aunt, is also in love with François les Bas-Bleus, and will do everything to prevent the wedding of her niece with the man whom she loves. But Fanchon has spirit – she refuses to wed her cousin, de Lansac, and remains loyal to François, imprisoned in the Bastille with the Marquis de Pontcornet, for whom he has so clearly written a song that he made it too progressive. It is now the 14th of July; the Bastille is taken, the Marquis and François are soon rescued. One decides to become a cider merchant, the other a commander of the garde nationale. In this guise François gains the power over the marquis, arrested as a suspect, naturally, on condition that he allows him to marry his daughter: François and Fanchon wed and all ends happily.
The music contains a delightful writing-lesson duo, the song of François les Bas-Bleus, a waltz "Voici les roses", a Norman folksong "The little sailor" in the first Act. In the second, a love duet "Espérance en heureux jours" was enthusiastically received, while in the third Act the romance "A toi j'avais donné ma vie" was applauded.[2]
Referencesedit
^Wagstaff J. André Messager. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
^Stoullig E. Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique, 26eme edition, 1900. Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1901.
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françois, bleus, opéra, comique, three, acts, 1883, with, french, libretto, ernest, dubreuil, eugène, humbert, paul, burani, music, firmin, bernicat, completed, andré, messager, andré, messager, 1921, contents, background, roles, synopsis, referencesbackground. Francois les bas bleus is an opera comique in three acts of 1883 with a French libretto by Ernest Dubreuil Eugene Humbert Paul Burani and music by Firmin Bernicat completed by Andre Messager 1 Andre Messager 1921 Contents 1 Background 2 Roles 3 Synopsis 4 ReferencesBackground editBernicat had worked for some time in cafe concert he began work setting a libretto based on an old vaudeville Les beignets a la cour which became an opera comique in three acts Les beignets du roi and was mounted at the Theatre des Fantaisies Parisiennes in Brussels in February 1882 with some success 2 Francois les bas bleus was first performed at the Theatre des Folies Dramatiques on 8 November 1883 and continued to play there until the following March From 17 December 1887 it was revived at the Theatre des Menus Plaisirs for 50 performances with Jane Pierny as Fanchon Jacquin as Francois Bartel as Pontcornet and Alice Berthier as the comtesse de la Savonniere In October 1896 the Folies Dramatiques revived it with Jean Perier in the title role The work was staged at the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens on 17 January 1900 for a further 36 performances with Perier again and Anne Tariol Bauge as Fanchon 3 Roles editRole Voice type Premiere Cast 8 November 1883 Conductor Pascal Delagarde Francois les bas bleus baritone Max BouvetMarquis de Pontcornet tenor MontrougeChevalier de Lansac tenor DekernelKirschwasser DarmanJasmin bass BartelCourtalin Jules SpeckGratinet AmbroiseFanchon soprano Jeanne AndreeLa comtesse de la Savonniere soprano Mme d HarvilleMilitza soprano Mlle PauseronNicolet DestreesJuliette Mlle FalsonnSynopsis editThe opera takes place in Paris in 1789 Francois les Bas Bleus friend of all sweethearts is a letter writer at the Carrefour Saint Eustache and in love with Fanchon a street singer The marriage of the two would be quite straightforward were it not that Fanchon decides to sing to Francois a childhood birthday song which instantly identifies her to the passing comtesse de la Savonniere Without a doubt this Fanchon is the child of the marquis de Pontcornet raised in a circus Fanchon s aunt is also in love with Francois les Bas Bleus and will do everything to prevent the wedding of her niece with the man whom she loves But Fanchon has spirit she refuses to wed her cousin de Lansac and remains loyal to Francois imprisoned in the Bastille with the Marquis de Pontcornet for whom he has so clearly written a song that he made it too progressive It is now the 14th of July the Bastille is taken the Marquis and Francois are soon rescued One decides to become a cider merchant the other a commander of the garde nationale In this guise Francois gains the power over the marquis arrested as a suspect naturally on condition that he allows him to marry his daughter Francois and Fanchon wed and all ends happily The music contains a delightful writing lesson duo the song of Francois les Bas Bleus a waltz Voici les roses a Norman folksong The little sailor in the first Act In the second a love duet Esperance en heureux jours was enthusiastically received while in the third Act the romance A toi j avais donne ma vie was applauded 2 References edit Wagstaff J Andre Messager In The New Grove Dictionary of Opera Macmillan London and New York 1997 a b Noel E amp Stoullig E Les Annales du Theatre et de la Musique 9eme edition 1883 G Charpentier et Cie Paris 1884 Stoullig E Les Annales du Theatre et de la Musique 26eme edition 1900 Librairie Paul Ollendorff Paris 1901 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francois les bas bleus amp oldid 1197947990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
