Barbe-bleue (opera)

Jacques Offenbach by Nadar, c. 1860s

Barbe-bleue (French pronunciation: [baʁb blø], Bluebeard) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, in three acts (four scenes) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy[1] based on Charles Perrault's 1697 story.

  1. ^ Lamb A. Barbe-bleue. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.