In the early 1860s Chabrier was a close friend of Verlaine and dined at the Verlaines' house, rue Lecluze every Saturday from 1860-1863. With Verlaine and Chabrier, the friends who met together there included Albert Mérat, Adolphe Racot, François Coppée, Louis-Xavier de Ricard and Édouard Lepelletier.

Librettist Paul Verlaine
Date of composition 1864 (Unfinished)
Premiered 1941, April 22nd (Salle de l'Ancien Conservatoire) in Paris, France
Type Operetta
Catalogue D 22
Spoken language French
Instruments Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Douyoudou
Voice (Soprano) - Aglaé
Voice (Baritone) - Médéric
Voice (Tenor) - Vaucochard
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Emmanuel Chabrier: Vaucochard et fils Ier, D 22
Emmanuel Chabrier: Vaucochard et fils Ier, D 22
Emmanuel Chabrier: Vaucochard et fils Ier, D 22