Charles Lecocq
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Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable succes
Jacques Offenbach
Scene from La Fille de Madame Angot, Paris, 1873
Le Cœur et la Main, one of Lecocq's successes in the 1880s
Giroflé-Girofla, 1874
La Fille de Madame Angot
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La Fille de Madame Angot is an opéra comique in three acts by Charles Lecocq with words by Clairville, Paul Siraudin and Victor Koning. It was premiered in Brussels in December 1872 and soon became a
Scene from 1873 Paris production
Pauline Luigini and Mario Widmer, the original Clairette and Ange Pitou
Marie Desclauzas and Paola Marié in the 1873 Paris production
Poster from a children's production in Edinburgh, 1885