L'Île de Tulipatan is an is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in one act by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 30 September 1868.
CACATOIS XXII (Duke of Tulipatan) |
ROMBOÏDAL (his Grand Marshall) |
ALEXIS ("son" of Cacatois, although truly his daughter) |
THÉODORINE (Romboïdal's wife) |
HERMOSA ("daughter" of Romboïdal and Théodorine, although truly their son) |
- Ouverture
- No. 1 - Couplets d'Hermosa - "Vive le tintamarre!"
- No. 2A - Chorus - "Vive le grand Cacatois!"
- No. 2B - Couplets du Canard - "Prince doux et fort débonnaire..."
- No. 2C - Couplets du Colibri - "J'ai perdu mon ami..."
- No. 3 - Duetto - Hermosa and Alexis - "J'aime tout ce qui sonne..."
- No. 4 - Couplets - Duetto - Hermosa and Alexis - "Si, comme vous, j'étais un homme..."
- No. 5 - Air de Théodorine - "Je vais chercher les petites cuillers..."
- No. 6 - Duo - Hermosa and Romboïdal - "Tu connais ce secret terrible..."
- No. 7 - Duettino - Hermosa and Alexis - "Quoi c'est vous! Oui, c'est moi..."
- No. 8 - Barcarolle - Bouffe - Théodorine, Romboïdal, Cacatois and Chorus - "Dans Venezia la belle..."
- No. 8b - Marche Nuptiale
- No. 9 - Couplet Final - "A la fin de la pièce..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score (with French lyrics) at IMSLP
- L'île de Tulipatan at Wikipedia
- L'île de Tulipatan at the Operetta Research Centre
Page modified 30 July 2017