Barbe-bleue (Offenbach, Jacques)

Title Barbe-bleue
Alternative title Opéra bouffe en trois actes et quatre tableaux
Creators Jacques Offenbach, composer
Ludovic Halévy, librettist
Henri Meilhac, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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First published 1866
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Composition types Operas bouffes
Language French
Period Romantic
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View Overture Bote & Bock Complete Score
View Complete parts Paris: E. Gérard et Cie Flute 1/2 (2nd also Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet 1/2 (A, B, C)
Bassoon
Horn 1/2 (E, E, D, F, A, G, C. A, B)
Cornet 1/2 (A, B)
Trombone
Percussion
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos and Basses
View Complete parts Vocal Part (Segment 1)
Vocal Part (Segment 2)
View Overture parts Bote & Bock 1904 Flute, Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (E), 3, 4 (F)
Trumpet 1, 2 (A)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Timpani/Snare Drum/Triangle
Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Glockenspiel
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete vocal score Paris: E. Gérard et Cie Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II
Act III
Preliminaries, Act I
Act II, Tableau 1
Act II, Tableau 2
Act III
View Complete vocal score Paris: E. Gérard et Cie Act I (part 1)
Act I (part 2)
Act I (part 3)
Act II (part 1)
Act II (part 2)
Act III
View Complete vocal score Heugel 1876 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score E. Gérard et Cie. 1866 No.1.B, Rondo (extrait du duo): "Or, depuis la rose nouvelle" (Act I)
No.2, Couplets: "Y'a des bergers" (Act I)
No.3, Proclamation de Popolani: "Vous toutes et vous tous" (Act I)
No.5, Couplets de la rosière: "V'la z'encor de drôl's de jeunesse" (Act I)
No.8, Légende de Barbe-bleue: "Encore une, soldats" (Act I)
No.10, Couplets de Comte Oscar: "C'est un métier difficile" (Act II, Scene 1)
No.11, Ronde de la reine: "On prend un ange d'innocence" (Act II, Scene 1)
No.17.B, Couplets des aveux (extraits du duo): "Pierre, un beau jour" (Act II, Scene 2)
No.19.B, Couplets: "Mortes, sortez de vos tombeaux" (Act II, Scene 2)
No.21.B, Lamento (Valse brillante): "Madame, ah! Madame" (Act III)
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