Le 66

Jacques Offenbach by Nadar, c. 1860s

Le 66 is an opérette in one act of 1856 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Auguste Pittaud de Forges and Laurencin (Paul Aimé Chapelle).[1] Kurt Gänzl describes the work as "in the rustic vein of Le violoneux and Le mariage aux lanternes".[2]

  1. ^ Lamb A., "Jacques Offenbach (List of stage works)" in: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
  2. ^ Gänzl K., "Le 66" in: The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre. Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.