Les deux aveugles (The Two Blind Men) is a one-act bouffonerie musicale, in the style of an operetta, by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Jules Moinaux. Operetta (literally, little opera) is a performance art-form similar to opera, though it generally deals with less serious topics. ... Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880), composer and cellist of the Romantic era, was one of the originators of the operetta form. ... 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. ...

Performance history

It was first performed at the Théâtre aux Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris on 5 July 1855. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Roles

• Giraflier (tenor)
• Patachon (tenor)

External links

http://www.boosey.com/downloads/DeuxAveugles.pdf Libretto submitted for censorship, Paris 1855.