Located in the UK
Located in the USA
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- Jacques Offenbach and Stephen Oliver
Ba-Ta-Clan (1855)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Opera buffa in one act.
Stephen Oliver
- fl(pic).cl/cnt.tba/perc/pf(hmn)/vn.2vc (in addition, everyone plays a mouth organ or kazoo)
- 45 min
- Stephen Oliver
- Ludovic Halévy
- English, French, Italian
Programme Note
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
The action is set in the Chinese state of Che-I-Nor, whose national anthem is the Ba-Ta-Clan. The Chief of the Imperial Guard, Ko-Ko-Ri-Ko, is conspiring to dethrone the King, Fe- Ni-Han. Ko-Ko-Ri-Ko tells the King that his supporters Fe-An- Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko are in fact traitors and persuades him to order their execution. However, when it turns out that Fe-An-Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko are in fact Parisians, Fe-Ni- Han reveals himself also to be a Frenchman and agrees to spare them. Fe-Ni-Han decides to return to France with Fe- An-Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko and hands his crown to Ko-Ko-Ri- Ko, who in the meantime has admitted that he too is French.
The action is set in the Chinese state of Che-I-Nor, whose national anthem is the Ba-Ta-Clan. The Chief of the Imperial Guard, Ko-Ko-Ri-Ko, is conspiring to dethrone the King, Fe- Ni-Han. Ko-Ko-Ri-Ko tells the King that his supporters Fe-An- Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko are in fact traitors and persuades him to order their execution. However, when it turns out that Fe-An-Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko are in fact Parisians, Fe-Ni- Han reveals himself also to be a Frenchman and agrees to spare them. Fe-Ni-Han decides to return to France with Fe- An-Ich-Ton and Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko and hands his crown to Ko-Ko-Ri- Ko, who in the meantime has admitted that he too is French.