A brilliant Chinoiserie musicale. (And a volcano that didn't erupt.)
92. Ba-ta-clan / Sur un volcan (Jacques Offenbach) – REVISED
Tag: Ludovic Halévy
98. M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le… (Jacques Offenbach)
Impostor singers and a pidgin Italian trio.
47. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Jacques Offenbach)
“C’est tout-à-fait ça," said Bismarck, after seeing Offenbach’s satire of war and petty German princedoms.
The Opera Scribe 