Chilpéric
Music by Hervé
Chilpéric (French pronunciation: [ʃilpeʁik]) is an opéra bouffe with libretto and music by Hervé, first produced in Paris on 24 October 1868 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. A burlesque of the medieval, Chilpéric starred Hervé in the title role. A popular song from the piece was "Chanson du jambon", the operetta was a hit, and Hervé himself was particularly successful in the title role.
Revivals (some in English) were soon seen in the US, UK and Australia. During a successful revival of the operetta at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris in 1895, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec painted Marcelle Lender performing a bolero from the operetta in his painting Chilpéric.
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About the Composer
Hervé is a French masculine given name of Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also Haerveus), an early (8th-century) latinization was Charivius. Anglicized forms are Harvey and Hervey. Its Old Breton form was Huiarnviu (cf. Old Welsh Haarnbiu ), composed of the elements hoiarn ("iron", modern Breton houarn, cf. Welsh haearn) and viu ("bright", "blazing", modern Breton bev). Its common Celtic form would have been *isarno-biuos or *-ue(s)uos. Recorded Middle Breton forms of the name include Ehuarn, Ehouarn, Houarn. The name of the 6th-century saint is recorded in numerous variants, including forms such as:…
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Other Operas by Hervé
- L'œil crevé (1867)
- Le petit Faust (1869)
- La Roussotte (1881)