Les noces d'Olivette

Les noces d'Olivette is an opéra comique in three acts composed by Edmond Audran, with a libretto by Alfred Duru and Henri Charles Chivot.

The work premiered under the direction of Louis Cantin [fr] in Paris on 13 November 1879 at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.

[1] Alfred Jolly sang the role of the Duc des Ifs, with Élise Clary as Olivette and Giulia Bennati as the Countess.

The opera played for 466 performances, entitled Olivette, at the Strand Theatre in London from 1880 to 1881 in an English-language adaptation by H. B. Farnie, starring Florence St.

[4] It was revived there the next Christmas[4] and in 1882; a squib in The New York Times noted that it "has been drawing good-sized audiences [and] seems to retain its hold upon the public favor.

She requests the marriage according to the captain's instructions and Valentine, pretending to be the elder De Merimac, quietly weds Olivette himself.

Eventually, things are straightened out, the marriage of Valentine and Olivette is upheld, the countess finally acknowledges the Duke's advances, and the captain is left to console himself.