L'alcôve

Offenbach had originally hoped for it to be adopted by the Opéra Comique, but the director Alexandre Basset appears not to have shown any interest in the work.

[2] The tenor Gustave Roger noted in his diary for Saturday 24 April 1847 that he went with Madame Talma to the salle Moreau-Sainti where he heard Goria play and Dorus sing, then "l’Alcôve, opéra-comique d’Offenbach et de Déforges" where he felt that despite some inexperience there were charming aspects.

[3] The full programme on the evening of its premiere, promoted by the composer himself, included a chorus by Offenbach and a cello concerto by him (where he played the solo part).

[2] Alexander Faris states in his study on Offenbach that a German version of l’Alcôve - Marielle, oder Sergeant und Commandant - was performed in Cologne on 9 January 1849 during the composer's stay there following the 1848 revolution.

[4] According to Jean-Christophe Keck, the manuscript of L'Alcôve has an earlier version of a solo for Lanternick in La Permission de dix heures, based on an air for Sauvageot.