Veronique

Performed in: 1923

Véronique is an opéra comique in three acts with music by André Messager and words by Georges Duval and Albert Vanloo. The opera, set in 1840 Paris, depicts a dashing but irresponsible aristocrat with complicated romantic affairs, eventually paired with the resourceful heroine.

Véronique is Messager’s most enduring operatic work. After its successful premiere in Paris in 1898, it was produced across continental Europe, Britain, the US and Australia. It remains part of the operatic repertoire in France.

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East Surrey Operatic & Dramatic Society performed
Véronique in 1923 at The Market Hall, Redhill

ACT 1 -   Coquenard's Flower Shop
ACT 2 -   The Tourne Bride, Romainville
ACT 3 -   Reception Room, the Tuileries

Characters

Evariste Coquenard, a florist
Agathe Coquenard, his wife
Florestan, Vicomte de Valaincourt
Hélène (later "Véronique") de Solanges, maid of honour at the Court
Ermerance (later "Estelle"), Countess de Champ d'Azur, her aunt
Aunt Benoît
Denise, her niece, fiancée of Séraphin
Monsieur Loustot, baron de Merlettes
Séraphin, Hélène and Ermerance's groom
Octave, Florestan's friend
Felicien, Florestan's friend
Céleste
Sophie
Héloise
Irma
Elisa
Zoe

An orderly of the national reserve, waiters, florists, and others.