Louise

Roman Musical in Four Acts

• Composer: Gustave Charpentier
• Libretto by the composer
• First performance: Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris, 2 February, 1900
• Performance History
• Libretto:
  • OperaGlass
    This is a conflation of the original libretto as distributed by l'Opéra-Comique with the complete text of the 2nd edition of the vocal score (Heugel 1900, renewed 1927), which differs in some important respects from the 1st edition and the libretto, particularly in the assignment of roles among the seamstresses.
    
  • Mark D. Lew
    English stage instructions and character descriptions, based on the Schirmer vocal score which is a republication of the 1907 Heugel French-English edition, based on the 1st edition
    so far only act I and act II scene 2 are posted