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''Véronique'' is an opéra comique or operetta in three acts composed by André Messager. The French libretto was by Georges Duval and Albert Vanloo. ''Véronique'' is Messager’s most enduring operatic work and was widely performed in France, London and elsewhere in the fifty years after its premiere.〔Wagstaff, John. "Véronique", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997 ISBN 0-333-73432-7〕 ==Performance history== ''Véronique'' was first performed at Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 10 December 1898. Messager's most successful operetta, it was revived frequently in France during the first part of the 20th century. Revivals played at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques on 30 January 1909, the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique on 1 March 1920, for which Messager composed a new waltz〔Nichols, R. ''The Harlequin Years: music in Paris 1917-1929.'' Thames & Hudson, London, 2002.〕 (with Edmée Favart, Périer and Tarriol-Baugé),〔Gänzl, Kurt and Andrew Lamb, ''Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre.'' The Bodley Head, London, 1988.〕 and at the Théâtre Mogador on 17 April 1943 (with Suzanne Baugé, Maurice Vidal and Hélene Lavoisier), in a grand production that, according to Richard Traubner, "overpowered its fragility".〔Traubner, Richard. ''Operetta — a theatrical history.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983.〕 After a one-off charity performance at the Opéra-Comique on 7 February 1925 with Favart, Baugé and Tarriol-Baugé, conducted by Albert Wolff,〔Wolff, Stéphane. ''Un demi-siècle d'Opéra-Comique 1900–1950.'' André Bonne, Paris, 1953.〕 the work received its first production at the Opéra-Comique in 1978-79 (with Danielle Chlostawa and François le Roux) and 1980-81 (with Marie-Christine Pontou and Gino Quilico). More recently it was mounted at the Théâtre du Châtelet in January 2008, directed by Fanny Ardant.〔Laurent, F. Cahin caha (of Véronique ). ''Diapason'', 556, March 2008, 50.〕 The opera was given in Vienna and Cologne (as ''Brigitte'') in 1900, then Riga in 1901, Berlin in 1902; Lisbon in 1901, Geneva in 1902, London in 1903, and Milan in 1904 (in Italian) and Bucharest in 1907.〔Loewenberg, A. ''Annals of Opera.'' London, John Calder, 1978.〕 In 1903 Lady Gladys de Grey brought a French cast to give ''Véronique'' at the Coronet, Notting Hill Gate.〔Webber, Christopher. "Guilty Pleasures – the charm of ''Véronique''". Buxton Festival programme, 2009.〕 Louis Beydts's 1931 opérette ''Moineau'' has many reminiscences of ''Véronique'', including a swing song which almost quotes Messager.〔Caubert, A. Portrait - Notes for INA memoire vive CD 064, Paris, 2006.〕 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「Véronique (operetta)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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