Gillette de Narbonne
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Gillette de Narbonne is an opéra comique in three acts, with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. It is based on a fabliau from The Decameron. It depicts a rejected bride
Poster by Paul Maurou for the original production.
Louis Morlet as Roger
Marie Montbazon as the disguised Gillette
Walter Slaughter
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Walter Alfred Slaughter was an English conductor and composer of musical comedy, comic opera and children's shows. He was engaged in the West End as a composer and musical director from 1883 to 1904.
Gillette de Narbonne
…judged thoroughly inadequate. Audran's music was mildly praised, but critics thought it fell short of his score for La mascotte. Additional music by Walter Slaughter and Hamilton Clarke was added. The production closed within a month. The piece did better in Berlin, where Gillette von Narbonne ran well in 1884–1885…
Walter Alfred Slaughter 1892
Walter Slaughter - 1891 caricature
Theatre poster for The French Maid, 1897