La Colombe (The Dove) is an opéra comique in two acts by Charles Gounod with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré based on the poem Le Faucon by Jean de la Fontaine. It premiered in a one-act version at the Theater der Stadt in Baden-Baden on 3 August 1860, where it was well received and performed four times. It was revived on 7 June 1866 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris in an expanded two-act version with additional music by Gounod.
| Original Name | La Colombe |
| Librettist | Jules Barbier; Michel Carré (based on the poem Le Faucon by Jean de la Fontaine) |
| Premiered | 1860, August 3rd (Theater der Stadt) in Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Sylvie, a wealthy countess
Voice (Soprano) - Mazet, manservant to Horace Voice (Tenor) - Horace, poor, but in love with Sylvie Voice (Bass) - Maître Jean, majordomo of the countess |
| Arrangements |
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Francis Poulenc: La colombe, FP 35
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| Autotranslations beta |
Charles Gounod: The Dove Charles Gounod: The Dove Charles Gounod: The Dove |