Victorien Sardou

Victorien Sardou

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Victorien Sardou (7 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fedora by Umberto Giordano, a work that popularized the fedora hat as wel

Madame Sans-Gêne (play)

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Madame Sans-Gêne is a historical comedy-drama by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, concerning incidents in the life of Cathérine Hübscher, an outspoken 18th-century laundress who became the Duchess of Danzig. The play is described by its authors as "three acts with a prologue" ("Comédie en trois Actes, précédée d'un prologue").

It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, on 27 October 1893, starring Réjane in the title role. The play was revived many times in France and toured in the English provinces in 1897. It was also adapted as an opera, in 1915, and several times for film.

Madame Sans Gêne - Arletty - Film de Roger Richebé – 1941

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpdNBl98o90  

Madame Sans Gêne (Théâtre - Maillan - Barray - Sabatier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSNdc7uc704  

Madame Sans Gêne

Pièce de Victorien Sardou et Emile Moreau

Mise en scène de Michel Roux

Décor de Roger Harth

Costumes de Donald Cardwell

Présentée au Théâtre Marigny en 1974, dans le cadre de l'émission Au Théâtre ce soir

Avec : Jacqueline Maillan,Alain Mottet,Gérard Barray,William Sabatier,Roger Muni,Corinne Lahaye,Liliane Patrick,Jean-Jacques Steen,Jean-Paul Coquelin,Jean-Pierre Delage,Claude Sandoz,Claude d'Yd,Jacques Ardouin,Marcel Charvey,Robert Le Béal,Claude Rio,Jean Degrave,Alain Souchère,Edward Sanderson,Aimé-Jean,Bernard Poussin,Claude Leblond,Bernard Durand,Pierre Gatineau,Christine Roblin,Nathalie Dalian,Lucienne Legrand,Annie Jouzier,Béatrice Delfe Sylvie Maray,Catherine Alcover,Odile Monchicour,Jeanne Frenkel Camille Castets

Madame Sans-Gêne (opera)

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Madame Sans-Gêne is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano. The libretto was taken from Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau's play, adapted for the opera by Renato Simoni.

Its première took place at the Metropolitan Opera on 25 January 1915, conducted by Arturo Toscanini with Geraldine Farrar in the title role, Giovanni Martinelli, and Pasquale Amato. This was followed by a performance in Turin under Ettore Panizza with Farneti, Grassi and Riccardo Stracciari on 28 February 1915.

Mirella Freni - Giordano - Madame Sans-Gêne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vCRBVA7aQ

Mirella Freni in Madame Sans Gene by Giordano