Djamileh
Sign in to saveDjamileh is an opéra comique in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale, Namouna, by Alfred de Musset.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- Djamileh
- Opera.composer
- Georges Bizet
- Opera.image
- Georges bizet.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
- 0.8
- Opera.caption
- The composer in 1875
- Opera.librettist
- Louis Gallet
- Opera.language
- French
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- opéra comique
- Original language
- French
- Composer
- Georges Bizet
- Librettist
- Louis Gallet
- Image
- Афиша оперы Джамиле (1872).jpeg
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- date of first performance
- 1872-05-22
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- number of parts of this work
- 1
- Commons category
- Djamileh
- language of work or name
- French
- location of first performance
- Opéra-Comique
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- native label
- Djamileh
- title
- Djamileh
- form of creative work
- operetta
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- Performance history
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- Music and orchestration
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Djamileh is an opéra comique in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale, Namouna, by Alfred de Musset.
==Composition history== De Musset wrote Namouna in 1832, consisting of 147 verses in three 'chants' (only the last dozen or so deal with the tale of Namouna). In 1871 when Bizet was stalled on other projects for the stage, Camille du Locle, director of the Opéra-Comique suggested to him a piece written some years earlier by Louis Gallet based on Namouna. After some hesitation, Bizet composed the work during the late summer of 1871 but the premiere production was delayed due to trouble in finding suitable singers.
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