L'égyptienne (Lecocq)

The Revue d'art dramatique noted that the production took place at the reopened Eden Théâtre, now transformed into an opera house.

[2] The reviewer of the Courrier de l'art commented that Lecocq was no longer producing operettas with the frequency of the past and was more selective in choice of material.

After taking part in a French victory, and winning promotion to the rank of major, Hector is wounded during a revolt in Cairo.

There they bill and coo in a dangerously intimate way during his recovery, while their attendants, Cassegrain and Myrza, do likewise, although the proprieties are – just – observed on all sides.

When Delphine hears of her husband's supposed affair with the Egyptienne, she flies into a rage and threatens to leave him to his conquest, but when the innocence of his flirtation is proved she relents, and all winds up happily with the capture of Aboukir and the triumph of the invincible French, flourishing their Tricolore.