Les noces de Jeannette explained

Les noces de Jeannette (Jeannette's Wedding) is an opéra comique in one act by Victor Massé to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. It had its premiere in Paris in the Salle Favart at the Opéra-Comique, 4 February 1853.

Roles and role creators

• Jean baritone – Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc
• Jeannette soprano – Marie-Caroline Miolan-Carvalho
• Pierre tenor – Begat
• Thomas bass – Louis Palianti

Recordings

• Ninon Vallin (Jeannette), Léon Ponzio (Jean), M. Laurent (Thomas), Mme. De Busson (Pierre), Orchestra and chorus of the Opéra-Comique, Paris, conductor Laurent Halet. Recorded by Pathé in 1922. Reissued by Marston Records, Marston 53010-2 (2011).^[1]

External links

• Libretto in French

Notes and References

1. Web site: Galathée & Les noces de Jeannette. Recording documentation and english/french libretto. Marston Records. 23 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040947/http://www.marstonrecords.com/pathe7/masse-documentation.pdf. 4 March 2016.