Véronique (operetta)
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Véronique is an opéra comique in three acts with music by André Messager and words by Georges Duval and Albert Vanloo. The opera, set in 1840 Paris, depicts a dashing but irresponsible aristocrat with complicated romantic affairs, eventually paired with the resourceful heroine.
1898 Paris theatre poster showing Florestan courting Véronique
Anne Tariole-Baugé as Agathe Coquenard, 1898
Victor Regnard as Coquenard
Jean Périer as Florestan
André Messager
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André Charles Prosper Messager was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les p'tites Michu (1897) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1919) were also popular internationally.
Four of Messager's musical influences: clockwise from top left, Saint-Saëns; Fauré; Gigout; Chabrier
Poster for François les bas-bleus, 1883. The names of both the composers are in small print just below the title.
Scene from La Basoche, 1890
Poster for Les P'tites Michu, 1897