Barkouf
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- opéra comique
- Composer
- Jacques Offenbach
- Narrative location
- Lahore
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- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- opera
- date of first performance
- 1860-12-24
- language of work or name
- French
- location of first performance
- Opéra-Comique
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Background
- Roles
- Synopsis
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Act 3
- References
- Notes
- Sources
thumb|upright|Jacques Offenbach by Nadar, c. 1860s
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. The title role is a dog. It was the first work by the composer to be performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, but after its initial performances was not performed again until 2018.
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