Louise

Louise is described as a “musical romance” in five acts, although the 1900 edition of the libretto presented it in four acts and five tableaux with the second act divided into two tableaux. Its libretto was written by Saint-Pol-Roux and Gustave Charpentier, but Charpentier alone composed its score. Mme Mariquita provied the choreography for the Crowning of the Muse of Montmartre in the third act. It had its world premier at the salle Favart, where the company of the Opéra-Comique mounted it for…