Barkouf, the Glossary
Barkouf is an opéra bouffe in three acts premiered in 1860 with music composed by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe and Henry Boisseaux, after Abbé Blanchet, the fourth of his Contes Orientaux entitled Barkouf et Mani.[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: Abbé François Blanchet, Alexander Faris, Bass (voice type), Charles-Louis Sainte-Foy, Delphine Ugalde, Elisabeth Schmierer, Eugène Scribe, French language, Hector Berlioz, Henry Boisseaux, Jacques Lacombe, Jacques Offenbach, Jean-Christophe Keck, Jean-François Berthelier, Mezzo-soprano, Opéra bouffe, Opéra national du Rhin, Opéra-Comique, Opera (British magazine), Orpheus in the Underworld, Soprano, Tenor, Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, The Tales of Hoffmann, Victor Warot.
- 1860 operas
- Opéras bouffes
Abbé François Blanchet
Abbé François Blanchet (26 January 1707 – 29 January 1784) was a French littérateur, or Intellectual.
See Barkouf and Abbé François Blanchet
Alexander Faris
Samuel Alexander "Sandy" Faris (11 June 1921 – 28 September 2015) was a Northern Irish composer, conductor and writer, known for his television theme tunes, including the theme music for the 1970s TV series Upstairs, Downstairs.
See Barkouf and Alexander Faris
Bass (voice type)
A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.
See Barkouf and Bass (voice type)
Charles-Louis Sainte-Foy
Charles-Louis Sainte-Foy, born Charles-Louis Pubereaux, also known simply as Sainte-Foy (13 February 1817 – 1 April 1877) was a French operatic tenor who sang at the Opéra-Comique for over 30 years.
See Barkouf and Charles-Louis Sainte-Foy
Delphine Ugalde
Gabrielle Delphine Ugalde, née Beaucé (3 December 1829 – 19 July 1910), was a French soprano and composer.
See Barkouf and Delphine Ugalde
Elisabeth Schmierer
Elisabeth Schmierer (born in 1955) is a German musicologist.
See Barkouf and Elisabeth Schmierer
Eugène Scribe
Augustin Eugène Scribe (24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist.
French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
See Barkouf and French language
Hector Berlioz
Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor.
See Barkouf and Hector Berlioz
Henry Boisseaux
Claude-Nicolas-Henry Boisseaux (14 October 1821 – 20 November 1863) was a 19th-century French playwright and opera librettist.
See Barkouf and Henry Boisseaux
Jacques Lacombe
Jacques Lacombe, (born July 14, 1963 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec) is a Canadian conductor.
See Barkouf and Jacques Lacombe
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach (20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.
See Barkouf and Jacques Offenbach
Jean-Christophe Keck
Jean-Christophe Keck is a French musicologist and conductor, born in Briançon, in 1964.
See Barkouf and Jean-Christophe Keck
Jean-François Berthelier
Jean-François-Philibert Berthelier (14 December 1830 – 29 September 1888) was a French actor and singer, who performed many light tenor roles in opéra-comique and opéra-bouffe.
See Barkouf and Jean-François Berthelier
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.
Opéra bouffe
Opéra bouffe (plural: opéras bouffes) 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, inspiring the genre's name. Barkouf and opéra bouffe are opéras bouffes.
Opéra national du Rhin
The Opéra national du Rhin is an opera company which performs in Alsace, eastern France.
See Barkouf and Opéra national du Rhin
Opéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs.
Opera (British magazine)
Opera is a monthly British magazine devoted to covering all things related to opera.
See Barkouf and Opera (British magazine)
Orpheus in the Underworld
Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers, a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. Barkouf and Orpheus in the Underworld are French-language operas.
See Barkouf and Orpheus in the Underworld
Soprano
A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.
Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau
Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau is a theater located at 14 boulevard de Strasbourg in the 10th arrondissement of Paris.
See Barkouf and Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau
Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta.
See Barkouf and Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Tales of Hoffmann
The Tales of Hoffmann (French) is an by Jacques Offenbach. Barkouf and The Tales of Hoffmann are French-language operas.
See Barkouf and The Tales of Hoffmann
Victor Warot
Victor Alexandre Joseph Warot (18 September 1834, Verviers – 29 March 1906, Bois-Colombes) was a Belgian opera singer.
See also
1860 operas
- Barkouf
- Daphnis et Chloé (Offenbach)
- Hrabina (opera)
- La colombe
- Le roman d'Elvire
- Lurline (opera)
- Philémon et Baucis
- Prinsessan av Cypern (Pacius)
- Rita (opera)
- Una vieja
Opéras bouffes
- Barbe-bleue (opera)
- Barkouf
- Boule-de-Neige
- Chilpéric (operetta)
- Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins
- Dandy Dick Whittington
- Fisch-Ton-Kan
- Geneviève de Brabant
- Giroflé-Girofla
- L'étoile (opera)
- L'île de Tulipatan
- L'œil crevé
- La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
- La Marjolaine
- La Périchole
- La Vie parisienne (operetta)
- La belle Hélène
- Le château à Toto
- Le droit d'aînesse
- Le jour et la nuit (opera)
- Le pont des soupirs
- Le roi Carotte
- Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde (Hervé)
- Les bavards
- Les brigands
- Les cloches de Corneville
- Les mamelles de Tirésias
- M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . .
- Madame l'archiduc
- Opéra bouffe
- The Naughty Princess