Bizet & Lecocq: Le docteur Miracle
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CC9113

Composed by Charles Lecocq and Georges Bizet. Classical. CD. Naxos #CC9113. Published by Naxos (NX.CC9113).

Le docteur Miracle (Doctor Miracle) is an operette in one act. The libretto, by Leon Battu and Ludovic Halevy, is based on Sheridan's play Saint Patrick's Day. Bizet wrote the work when he was just 18 years old for a competition organised by Jacques Offenbach. He shared first prize with Charles Lecocq, 6 years his senior. Their reward was to have both pieces performed at Offenbach's Bouffes-Parisiens theatre. The premieres took place on 9 April 1857 and although neither opera was a palpable hit both were performed 11 times before falling into oblivion. It seems that public opinion favoured Lecocq - now we can all be judge and jury.