Djamileh is an opera in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an Oriental tale, Namouna, by Alfred de Musset. The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... Georges Bizet. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Louis Gallet (1835–1898) was an inexhaustible French writer of operatic librettos, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is remembered above all for his adaptations of fiction—and Scripture— to provide librettos of cantatas and opera, notably by composers Ambroise Thomas (Mignon), Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ...

It received its first performance on the 22 May 1872 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Opéra comique is a French style of opera that is a partial counterpart to the Italian opera buffa. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...

The opera has been neglected for most of its existence, despite the admiration it received from both Gustav Mahler, who conducted nineteen performances of it at the Vienna State Opera between 1898 and 1903 and Richard Strauss who viewed it as a source of inspiration for Ariadne auf Naxos. This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper), located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important opera companies in Europe. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. ...

Characters

Djamileh (mezzo-soprano)

Haroun (tenor)

Splendiano (tenor)

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