24 Jun 2023
La Bohème
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La Vie parisienne
La Vie parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach in 1866, with a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. This work was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects. It became one of Offenbach's most popular operettas.
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Aude Extrémo Métella
Sandrine Buendia La baronne de Gondremarck
Franck Leguérinel Le baron de Gondremarck
Marc Mauillon Bobinet
Rodolphe Briand Raoul de Gardefeu
Jodie Devos Gabrielle
Eric Huchet Le Brésilien
Eric Huchet Gontran
Eric Huchet Frick
Laurent Kubla Urbain
Laurent Kubla Alfred
Carl Ghazarossian Joseph
Carl Ghazarossian Alfonse
Carl Ghazarossian Prosper
Ingrid Perruche Madame de Quimper-Karadec
Caroline Meng Madame de Folle-Verdure
Elena Galitskaya Pauline
Louise Pingeot Clara
Marie Kalinine Bertha
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