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''Mesdames de la Halle'' is an opérette bouffe in one act by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Armand Lapointe. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 3 March 1858.〔Lamb A. Jacques Offenbach (worklist). In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.〕 and was the first work of Offenbach's at the Bouffes with a chorus and a large cast.〔Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000.〕 Gänzl describes the piece as “a delicious piece of Parisian bouffonerie” 〔Gänzl K. ''The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.〕 ==Performance history== Bouffes on tour staged ''Mesdames de la Halle'' in Vienna with Lucille Tostée as Croûte-au-pot, then in Budapest, where a Hungarian version soon followed.〔 It was performed in Berlin in 1858, Brussels in 1860, and Monte Carlo in 1908.〔Loewenberg A. ''Annals of Opera''. London, John Calder, 1978.〕 It was also produced at the Théâtre des Arts on 3 April 1913, conducted by Gabriel Grovlez, with a cast including Lucy Vauthrin, Marcelle Devries and Maurice Lamy.〔Also on the bill were ''Pygmalion'' and the premiere of Le festin de l'araignée: Crichton R. The Operettas of Offenbach. In: ''Opera on Record 3.'' Blyth, A (ed). Hutchinson, London, 1984.〕 It was mounted at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 4 May 1940 with René Hérent, Lillie Grandval and Roger Bourdin, conducted by Gustave Cloëz.〔Wolff S. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique (1900–1950).'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 ''Mesdames de la Halle'' was performed as part of a triple bill entitled ‘Vive Offenbach’ with ''Pomme d'api'' and ''M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . .'' at the Opéra-Comique in December 1979, revived the following year and in 1983.〔Crichton R. The Operettas of Offenbach. In: ''Opera on Record 3.'' Blyth, A (ed). Hutchinson, London, 1984.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mesdames de la Halle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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