List of operas and operettas by Lecocq

Last updated April 19, 2019

This is a complete list of the operas and operettas of the French composer Charles Lecocq (1832–1918).

Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870s and early 1880s, before the changing musical fashions of the late 19th century made his style of composition less popular. His few serious works include the opera Plutus (1886), which was not a success, and the ballet Le cygne (1899). His only piece to survive in the regular modern operatic repertory is his 1872 opéra comique La fille de Madame Angot. Others of his more than forty stage works receive occasional revivals.

Genres

Lecocq wrote 21 opéras comiques, 12 opéras bouffes, eight opérettes, two 'opérettes bouffes'. two 'opérettes de salon', two 'saynètes', and one each of the following: 'bluette bouffe', 'comédie-musicale', 'féerie', 'folie parée et masquée', 'opéra monologue', 'pantomime', 'scéne', 'vaudeville' and 'vaudeville-opérette'.

Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular opéras comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent, which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre of the same name, opéra comique is not always comic or light in nature; Carmen, perhaps the most famous opéra comique, is a tragedy.

Opéra bouffe is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form.

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter.

List

Title	Genre	Subdivisions	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre
DocteurLe Docteur Miracle	opéra comique	1 act	Battu Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy	1857-04-088 April 1857	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Huis-Clos	opérette	1 act	Guénée Adolphe Guénée and E. Marquet	1859-01-2929 January 1859	Paris, Folies-Nouvelles
presLes prés Saint-Gervais	opéra comique	3 acts	SardouVictorien Sardou and Philippe Gille	1862-04-2424 April 1862	Paris, Théâtre des Variétés ^[1]
baiserLe baiser à la porte	opérette de salon	1 act	GuetteJules de la Guette	1864-03-2626 March 1864	Paris, Folies-Marigny
Liline et Valentin	opérette de salon	1 act	GuetteJules de la Guette	1864-05-2525 May 1864?	Paris, Folies-Marigny
ondinesLes ondines au champagne	opérette	1 act	LefebvreHippolyte Lefèbvre, Jules Pélissié (Victorien Sardou) and Merle	1865-09-033 September 1865 or 1866	Paris, Folies-Marigny
myosotisLe myosotis	opérette bouffe	1 act	NoéA. de Noé and William Busnach	1866-05-022 or 3 May 1866	Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
cabaretLe cabaret de Ramponneau	opérette	1 act	Le SireJules Le Sire and Amédée Boudin	1867-10-1111 October 1867?	Paris, Folies-Marigny
amourL'amour et son carquois	opéra bouffe	2 acts	DelbèsA.J.R. Delbès and E. Marquet	1868-01-3030 January 1868	Paris, Athénée
Fleur-de-thé	opéra bouffe	3 acts	Chivot Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1868-04-1111 April 1868	Paris, Athénée
jumeauxLes jumeaux de Bergame	opéra comique	1 act	BusnachWilliam Busnach	1868-11-2020 November 1868	Paris, Athénée
carnavalLe carnaval d'un merle blanc	folie parée et masquée	3 acts	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1868-12-1010 December 1868	Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
Gandolfo	opérette	1 act	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1869-01-1616 January 1869	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Deux portières pour un cordon	scène	1 act	LefebvreLucian and Hippolyte Lefèbvre	1869-03-1919 March 1869	Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
rajahLe rajah de Mysore	opérette bouffe	1 act	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1869-09-2121 September 1869	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
beauLe beau Dunois	opéra bouffe	1 act	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1870-04-1313 April 1870	Paris, Théâtre des Variétés
testamentLe testament de M. de Crac	opéra bouffe	1 act	Moinaux Jules Moinaux	1871-10-2323 October 1871	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
barbierLe barbier de Trouville	bluette bouffe	1 act	Jaime Adolphe Jaime and Jules Noriac	1871-11-1919 November 1871	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Sauvons la caisse	opérette	1 act	GuetteJules de la Guette	1871-99-991871	Paris, Tertulia
centLes cent vierges	opéra bouffe	3 acts	Clairville, Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1872-03-1616 or 17 March 1872	Brussels, Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes
fille La fille de Madame Angot	opéra comique	3 acts	ClairvilleLouis-François Clairville, Victor Koning and Paul Siraudin	1872-12-044 December 1872	Brussels, Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes
filsLe fils de Madame Angot	opérette	1 act	DorfeuilG. Dorfeuil	1873-09-2525 September 1873	Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse
resurrectionLa résurrection de la mère Angot	saynète	1 act	ClairvilleLouis-François Clairville	1874-02-2424 February 1874	Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques
Giroflé-Girofla	opéra bouffe	3 acts	Leterrier Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1874-03-2121 March 1874	Brussels, Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes
petite marLa petite mariée	opéra bouffe	3 acts	LeterrierEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1875-12-2121 December 1875	Paris, Renaissance
pomponLe pompon	opéra comique	3 acts	Chivot Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1875-11-1010 November 1875	Paris, Folies-Dramatiques
Kosiki	opéra comique	3 acts	Busnach William Busnach and Armand Liorat	1876-10-1818 October 1876	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
marjolaineLa marjolaine	opéra bouffe	3 acts	LeterrierEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1877-02-033 February 1877	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
petit Le petit duc	opéra comique	3 acts	Meilhac Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy	1878-01-2525 January 1878	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
CamargoLa Camargo	opéra comique	3 acts	LeterrierEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1878-11-2020 November 1878	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
grandLe grand Casimir	opérette	3 acts	Prével Jules Prével and Albert de Saint-Albin	1879-01-1111 January 1879	Paris, Variétés
petite madLa petite mademoiselle	opéra comique	3 acts	MeilhacHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy	1879-04-1212 April 1879	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
jolieLa jolie Persane	opéra comique	3 acts	LeterrierEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1879-10-2828 October 1879	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
arbreL'arbre de Noël (with Georges Jacobi)	'féerie'	30 tableaux	Mortier Arnold Mortier, Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	18801880	Paris, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
Janot	opéra comique	3 acts	MeilhacHenri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy	1881-01-2121 January 1881	Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance
roussotteLa roussotte (with Hervé and Marius Boulard)	vaudeville-opérette	3 acts	Millaud Albert Millaud, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy	1881-01-2626 or 28 January 1881	Paris, Variétés
jourLe jour et la nuit	opéra bouffe	3 acts	LeterrierEugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1881-11-055 November 1881	Paris, Théâtre des Nouveautés
coeurLe cœur et la main	opéra comique	3 acts	Nuitter Charles Nuitter and Alexandre Beaume	1882-10-1919 October 1882	Paris, Nouveautés
princesseLa princesse des Canaries	opéra bouffe	3 acts	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1883-02-099 February 1883	Paris, Folies-Dramatiques
oiseauL'oiseau bleu	opéra comique	3 acts	ChivotHenri Chivot and Alfred Duru	1884-01-1616 January 1884	Paris, Nouveautés
vieLa vie mondaine	opéra bouffe	3 acts	NajacÉmile de Najac and Paul Ferrier	1885-02-1313 February 1885	Paris, Nouveautés
Plutus	opéra comique	3 acts	Millaud Albert Millaud and Gaston Jollivet	1886-03-3131 March or May 1886	Paris, Opéra-Comique
grenadiersLes grenadiers de Mont-Cornette	opéra bouffe	3 acts	Péricaud Louis Péricaud, Lucien Delormel and Édouard Philippe	1887-01-044 January 1887	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Ali-Baba	opéra comique	4 acts	VanlooAlbert Vanloo and William Busnach	1887-11-1111 November 1887	Brussels, Alhambra
voliereLa volière	opéra comique	3 acts	NuitterCharles Nuitter and Alexandre Beaume	1888-02-1111 or 12 February 1888	Paris, Nouveautés
egyptienne L'égyptienne	opéra comique	3 acts	Chivot Henri Chivot, Charles Nuitter and Alexandre Beaume	1890-11-088 November 1890	Paris, Folies-Dramatiques
Nos bons chasseurs	vaudeville	3 acts	Bilhaud Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré	1894-04-1010 April 1894	Paris, Nouveau-Théâtre
Ninette	opéra comique	3 acts	ClairvilleCharles Clairville fils, Ch. Hubert, G. Lebeaut and Ch. de Trogoff	1896-02-2828 February 1896	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Ruse d'amour	saynète	1 act	BordèseStéphane Bordèse	1897-06-2626 June 1897	Paris, Bodinière
Barbe-Bleue	pantomime		Saint-GenièsR. de Saint-Geniès	18981898	Paris, Olympia (Paris)
La belle au bois dormant	opéra comique	3 acts	DuvalGeorges Duval and Albert Vanloo	1900-02-1919 February 1900	Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens
Yetta	opéra comique	3 acts	BeissierFernand Beissier	1903-03-077 or 8 March 1903	Brussels, Galeries Saint-Hubert
Rose Mousse	comédie musicale	1 act	AlexandreAndré Alexandre and Peter Carin	1904-01-2828 January 1904	Paris, Théâtre des Capucines
salutisteLa salutiste	opéra monologue	1 act	BeissierFernand Beissier	1905-01-1414 January 1905	Paris, Théâtre des Capucines
trahisonLa trahison de Pan	opéra comique	1 act	BordèseStéphane Bordèse	1911-09-1313 September 1911	Aix-les-Bains, Théâtre du Cercle
Miousic (with Rodolphe Berger, Charles Cuvillier, Jules Erlanger, Reynaldo Hahn, Henri Hirchmann, Louis Lecombe, Xavier Leroux, André Messager, Willy Redstone and Paul Vidal)	opérette	3 acts	Ferrier Paul Ferrier	1914-03-2222 March 1914	Paris, Olympia

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Sources

Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Lecocq, Charles", vol. 2, p. 1120, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7. Also available as "Lecocq, Charles. Works" at Oxford Music Online (subscription required).
Opérette page on Lecocq, accessed 14 April 2009

Andrew Martin Lamb is an English writer, music historian, lecturer and broadcaster, known for his expertise in light music and musical theatre. In addition to his musical work, Lamb maintained a full-time career as an actuary and investment manager.

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an encyclopedia of opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes.

Stanley John Sadie was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), which was published as the first edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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