List of operas and operettas by Chabrier

This is a List of operas and operettas by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier
Emmanuel Chabrier
Emmanuel Chabrier was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas , songs, and piano music as well...

(1841–1894)

List

Title	Genre	Subdivisions	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre	Notes
Jean Hunyade	opéra Opera Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...	4 acts	Henri Fouquier			composed 1867, incomplete, only 62 pages of manuscript survive, fragments used in Gwendoline and Briséïs Briséïs Briséïs, or Les amants de Corinthe is an operatic 'drame lyrique' by Emmanuel Chabrier with libretto by Catulle Mendès and Ephraïm Mikaël after Goethe's Die Braut von Korinth.-Composition history:...
Le service obligatoire (with Jules Costé and Rene de Boisdeffre)	opérette bouffe	3 acts	Marion, Henri Meilhac Henri Meilhac Henri Meilhac , was a French dramatist and opera librettist.-Biography:Meilhac was born in Paris in 1831. As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront... , Fournier-Sarloveze		Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique	score lost
Fisch-Ton-Kan Fisch-Ton-Kan Fisch-Ton-Kan is an opéra bouffe in one act by Emmanuel Chabrier of which only some numbers survive. The French libretto was by Paul Verlaine, and probably Lucien Viotti, after the 'parade chinoise' Fich-Tong-Khan ou L'orphelin de le Tartarie of 1835 by Thomas Sauvage and Gabriel de Lurieu .The...	opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe 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 that gave its name to the form....	1 act	Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... and probably Lucien Viotti, after Thomas Sauvage and Gabriel de Lurieu's Fich-Tong-Khan ou L'orphelin de le Tartarie	31 March 1875	Paris, Cercle de l'Union Artistique	composed 1863–1864, incomplete
L'étoile	opéra bouffe	3 acts	Eugène Leterrier Eugène Leterrier Eugène Leterrier was a French librettist.Leterrier worked at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris but then turned to the theatre. He mainly collaborated in writing libretti with Albert Vanloo. Their working relationship was productive and stress-free... and Albert Vanloo Albert Vanloo Albert Vanloo was a Belgian librettist and playwright.Vanloo lived in Paris as a child and was attracted to the theatre. As a young student he began writing plays and opéra comique libretti, notably with Eugène Leterrier who remained his main collaborator until the latter's death in 1884...	28 November 1877	Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a Parisian theatre which was founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In...
Le Sabbat	opéra comique Opéra comique Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections...	1 act	Paul Armand Silvestre Paul Armand Silvestre Paul-Armand Silvestre , French poet and conteur, was born in Paris.He studied at the École polytechnique with the intention of entering the army, but in 1870 he entered the department of finance. He had a successful official career, was decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1886, and in 1892 was...			composed 1877, incomplete, only some pages survive
La Girondine	opéra		Jules Claretie Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie was a French literary figure and director of the Théâtre Français.He was born at Limoges. After studying at the lycée Bonaparte in Paris, he became a journalist, achieving great success as dramatic critic to Le Figaro and to the Opinion nationale...			composed 1878, lost or transferred to Les muscadins
Une éducation manquée Une éducation manquée Une éducation manquée is an opérette in one act and nine scenes by Emmanuel Chabrier. The French libretto was by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Composed in 1878-79, the work, which is set in the 18th century, is in a lively, light operetta style in which Chabrier excelled and had perfected in...	opérette	1 act	Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo	1 May 1879	Paris, Cercle de la Presse
Les muscadins	opéra	4 acts	Jules Claretie and Paul Armand Silvestre			composed 1880, incomplete, only certain numbers survive in manuscript
Gwendoline	opéra	3 acts	Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès was a French poet and man of letters.Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris and promptly attained notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's...	10 April 1886	Brussels, La Monnaie La Monnaie Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....
Le roi malgré lui Le roi malgré lui Le roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not found a place in the repertory, mainly because of the poor libretto...	opéra comique	3 acts	Émile de Najac Emile de Najac Comte Émile de Najac was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during 2nd Empire and early part of the 3rd Republic, supplying plays and opéra comique librettos, many in one act... and Paul Burani Paul Burani Paul Burani , born 26 March 1845 in Paris and died 9 October 1901, was a French author, actor, song-writer and librettist.He collaborated on libretti for the following operas:... , revised by Jean Richepin Jean Richepin Jean Richepin , French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Médéa, French Algeria.At school and at the École Normale Supérieure he gave evidence of brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, powers, for which he found physical vent in different directions—first as a... , after Marguerite-Louise Virginie Ancelot's Le roi malgré lui	18 May 1887	Paris, Opéra-Comique Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the... (Favart)
Briséïs Briséïs Briséïs, or Les amants de Corinthe is an operatic 'drame lyrique' by Emmanuel Chabrier with libretto by Catulle Mendès and Ephraïm Mikaël after Goethe's Die Braut von Korinth.-Composition history:... , or Les amants de Corinthe	drame lyrique	3 acts	Catulle Mendès and Ephraïm Mikaël, after Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long... 's Die Braut von Korinth	13 January 1897	Paris, Concerts Lamoureux	composed 1888–91, Act 1 complete, some sketches for Act 2 and themes in manuscript
Vaucochard et fils Ier Vaucochard et fils Ier Vaucochard et fils Ier is an unfinished opérette by Emmanuel Chabrier of which only some numbers survive. The French libretto was by Paul Verlaine.-Background:...	opérette		Paul Verlaine and Lucien Viotti	22 April 1941	Paris, Salle de l'Ancien Conservatoire	composed 1864, incomplete, only four surviving numbers

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