La permission de dix heures

La permission de dix heures is an opéra comique in one act, composed in 1867 by Jacques Offenbach.

[3] Originally planned for 1866, the premiere of La permission de dix heures was in Bad Ems on 9 July 1867.

Feigning drunkness, Larose approaches Jobin’s house to allow Lanternick to rescue the ladies from his intrusion, but the Alsatian is too awkward to press his suit and declines an invitation to supper on the pretext of not having a ten-hour leave pass.

Nicole gives her aunt Larose's name as that of the admirer, and Madame Jobin, who knows the colonel of the regiment, is determined to obtain a permission on his behalf.

In the confusion, Lanternick is discovered kneeling in front of Madame Jobin, and thus agrees to wed the rich widow – for the happiness of Nicole and Larose.