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)
View Complete Arrangement for piano — — Complete Score

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