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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 6254417" data-attributes="member: 8530">&quot;Yes to both,&quot; is his reply.The second portion of the show begins with a female vocalist singing the 1852 song &quot;Les Voix Mysterieuses&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is followed by a 1954 piano dance piece titled &quot;Decameron Dramatique&quot;, which originally comprised ten separate pieces of which three are played.&nbsp;&nbsp; Next is a ballet piece titled &quot;La Belle Helene&quot; which he co-wrote in 1855 with composer Louis Aubert, during which ballet dancers take the stage.&nbsp;&nbsp; This portion of the show is then concluded with a one-act operetta from 1856 titled &quot;La Rose de Saint-Flour&quot;.&nbsp; In the introduction it is stated that Offenbach was the king of the operetta, short one and two act operas, and that in his lifetime he composed and produced over one-hundred of them, of which this was his twentieth.&nbsp; &nbsp; The play features three main actor/singers, a female soprano whose character is named Pierrette, a male baritone plays a cobbler named Chapailloux and a male tenor plays a coppersmith named Marcachu.&nbsp;&nbsp; The operetta includes considerable dancing in its eight scenes.&nbsp;&nbsp; The plot is rather simplistic, comprised of the two men competing for Pierrette's affections, with them each replacing her broken cooking pot as well as other gifts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 6254417, member: 8530"] "Yes to both," is his reply. The second portion of the show begins with a female vocalist singing the 1852 song "Les Voix Mysterieuses". This is followed by a 1954 piano dance piece titled "Decameron Dramatique", which originally comprised ten separate pieces of which three are played. Next is a ballet piece titled "La Belle Helene" which he co-wrote in 1855 with composer Louis Aubert, during which ballet dancers take the stage. This portion of the show is then concluded with a one-act operetta from 1856 titled "La Rose de Saint-Flour". In the introduction it is stated that Offenbach was the king of the operetta, short one and two act operas, and that in his lifetime he composed and produced over one-hundred of them, of which this was his twentieth. The play features three main actor/singers, a female soprano whose character is named Pierrette, a male baritone plays a cobbler named Chapailloux and a male tenor plays a coppersmith named Marcachu. The operetta includes considerable dancing in its eight scenes. The plot is rather simplistic, comprised of the two men competing for Pierrette's affections, with them each replacing her broken cooking pot as well as other gifts. [/QUOTE]

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