Fleur-de-Thé
Music by Charles Lecocq · libretto by Henri Chivot · premiered 1868 · at Théâtre de l'Athénée (rue Scribe)
Fleur-de-Thé (French pronunciation: [flœʁ də te], Teaflower) is a three-act opéra bouffe with music by Charles Lecocq and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. The story centres on a French bar-keeper, who is saved from a bigamous marriage to an aristocratic young local by the intervention of his real wife, with the aid of champagne and French sailors. It is set in China to appeal to the 1860s French fashion for Chinoiserie. The opera was first produced at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris, on 11 April 1868. It was Lecocq's first substantial success and ran for an entire season. It was revived several times in its first three years.
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About the Composer
Alexandre Charles Lecocq (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʃaʁl ləkɔk]; 3 June 1832 – 24 October 1918) 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 (Mme Angot's Daughter). Others of his more than forty…
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Other Operas by Charles Lecocq
- La Fille de Madame Angot (1872)
- Giroflé-Girofla (1874)
- La Petite Mariée (1875)
- Kosiki (1876)
- La Marjolaine (1877)
- La Camargo (1878)
- Ali-Baba (1887)
- L'Égyptienne (1890)