Mesdames de la Halle
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Mesdames de la Halle is an opérette bouffe in one act by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Armand Lapointe. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 3 March 1858. and
Jacques Offenbach by Nadar, c. 1860s
Désiré (baritone)
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Amable Courtecuisse, whose stage name was Désiré, was a French baritone, who is particularly remembered for creating many comic roles in the works of the French operetta composer Jacques Offenbach.
Mesdames de la Halle
…Voice type Premiere Cast, 3 March 1858, (Conductor: Offenbach) Madame Poiretapée (fish seller) tenor Léonce Madame Madou (vegetable seller) baritone Désiré Madame Beurrefondu (vegetable seller) baritone Georges-Louis Mesmaecker Raflafla (drum major) tenor Edmond Duvernoy Le commissaire baritone Prosper…
Désiré as Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld at the Bouffes-Parisiens in 1858