* Florent Mothe portrays Salieri in the 2009 French musical " Mozart, l ' opéra rock ".

Operetta grew out of the French opéra comique around the middle of the 19th century, to satisfy a need for short, light works in contrast to the full-length entertainment of the increasingly serious opéra comique.

With this new connotation, opéra comique had dominated the French operatic stage since the decline of tragédie lyrique.

* Le mat de l ' opéra ( in French ), variations of the game's final in other chessproblems and games, 2 July 2008

He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel.

Manon () is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L ’ histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost.

French operas with spoken dialogue ( opéra comique ) were also frequently transcribed into the German, as well.

These influences are reflected in his operas, where a distinctive French opéra comique flavour exists.

It quickly made its way to France, where it became opéra bouffon, and eventually, in the following century, French operetta, with Jacques Offenbach as its most accomplished practitioner.

French composers eagerly seized upon the Italian model and made it their own, calling it opéra comique.

Florimond Hervé ( 1825 – 1892 ) is credited as the inventor of French opéra bouffe, or opérette.

As in the French opéra comique, the singspiel was an opera with spoken dialogue, and usually a comic subject, such as Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio ( 1782 ).

Jane W. Stedman points out that Thespis " looks backward to French opéra bouffe ", but it is " fundamentally a Gilbertian invasion plot in which outsiders penetrate and affect a given society, often for the worse.

The term is particularly applied ( sometimes specifically using in its French language equivalent grand opéra, ) to certain productions of the Paris Opéra from the late 1820s to around 1850 ; ' grand opéra ' has sometimes been used to denote the Paris Opéra itself.

André Ernest Modeste Grétry, the most famous composer of opéra comique before the French Revolution

The Querelle des Bouffons ( 1752 – 54 ), a quarrel between advocates of French and Italian music, was a major turning-point for opéra comique.

Rossini's influence began to pervade French opéra comique.

Roméo et Juliette ( Romeo and Juliet ) is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English explains the origin of the latter term as " pseudo-French ", although French sources from the mid-19th century have used the term, e. g. Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l ' opéra ( 1876 ), La revue des deux mondes ( 1868 ), and have continued the practice into the 21st century.

He is most famous as the composer of Les troqueurs, a work which had a major influence on the development of French opéra comique.

* Mozart, l ' opéra rock, 2008 French musical directed by Olivier Dahan

Les vêpres siciliennes ( The Sicilian Vespers, but today better-known in its post-1861 Italian version as I vespri siciliani ) is an opéra in five acts by the Italian romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi set to a French libretto by Charles Duveyrier and Eugène Scribe from their work Le duc d ' Albe, which was written in 1838 and offered to Halevy and Donizetti before Verdi agreed to set it to music in 1854.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, the Virgile travesti " is now thought a somewhat ignoble waste of singular powers for burlesque " and the Roman comique ( 1651-1657 ) is Scarron's best work: " This history of a troupe of strolling actors ... is almost the first French novel ... which shows real power of painting manners and character, and is singularly vivid.

The intermède ( the French equivalent of the intermezzo ) was the single most important outside operatic influence in Paris in the mid-18th century, and helped create an entire new repertory of opera in France ( see opera comique ).

Opéra comique ( plural: opéras comiques ) is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias.

* L ' Illusion comique and commentary in French

Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's Cabinda province and the international Angolagate scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals.

Brigitte Bardot is supporting Front National candidate Marine Le Pen in the 2012 French Presidential Election.

French forces were supporting ( Operation Almandin I ) and acted negotiators.

When the affair became public, Federalists accused him of supporting the French while Republicans such as Thomas Jefferson supported him.

The French government has implemented various measures aimed at supporting local film production and movie theaters.

Gérard has not produced the manuscript supporting this claim which, even if true, is unrelated to the later history of the French fry, as the potato did not arrive in the region until around 1735 ; also, given the economic conditions of the 18th century: " it is absolutely unthinkable that a peasant could have consecrated large quantities of fat for cooking potatoes.

) ( English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies ) is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics.

Adams first won national recognition when he published a series of widely read articles supporting Washington's decision to keep America out of the growing hostilities surrounding the French Revolution.

The original French left-wing was anti-clerical, opposing the influence of the Roman Catholic Church and supporting the separation of church and state.

French forces retreated from Vietnam and were replaced by American forces supporting a Western-backed client regime in South Vietnam.

Although the Senegalese air force is geared towards supporting it, the army may have previously maintained its own very small aviation branch, called the " Aviation Légère de l ' Armée de Terre " ( like the French army's equivalent ), which may have counted up to five light helicopters and two SA330 Puma transport helicopters.

They also served during the Western Desert Campaign, supporting Free French and Long Range Desert Group operations at Kufra and Jalo oases in the Libyan Desert.

Due to pressure against the Adams Administration from Jefferson and his supporters, Congress released the papers related to the XYZ Affair, which rallied a shift in popular opinion from Jefferson and the French government to supporting Adams.

French speaking naturalists in several countries showed appreciation of the much modified French translation by Clémence Royer, but Darwin's ideas had little impact in France, where any scientists supporting evolutionary ideas opted for a form of Lamarckism.

The British Fifth Army undertook minor operations 20 – 22 October to maintain pressure on the Germans while the Canadian Corps prepared for their assault, as well as supporting the French attack at Malmaison.

The Battle of Pavia ( 1525 ) marks a watershed in the city's fortunes, since by that time, the former cleavage between the supporters of the Pope and those of the Holy Roman Emperor had shifted to one between a French party ( allied with the Pope ) and a party supporting the Emperor and King of Spain Charles V. Thus during the Valois-Habsburg Italian Wars, Pavia was naturally on the Imperial ( and Spanish ) side.

Though 97 % of Argentina's population self-identify as of European descent to this day a high level of multiculturalism remains a feature of Argentina's culture, allowing foreign festivals and holidays ( e. g. Saint Patrick's Day ), supporting all kinds of art or cultural expression from ethnic groups, as well as their diffusion through an important multicultural presence in the media ; for instance it is not uncommon to find newspapers or radio programs in English, German, Italian or French in Argentina.

Further supporting roles followed in a variety of French films: Annick Lanoë's Les Nanas was to give Binoche her most noteworthy role to date, playing opposite established stars Marie-France Pisier and Macha Meril, in a mainstream comedy.

Forcing the knights to fight on foot had several advantages: it prevented them from starting a premature charge, ensured protection for the archers should the French manage to close the distance, and ensured that the archers and supporting infantry stayed on the battlefield rather than running at the first opportunity ( a common occurrence in medieval warfare ).

An attempt to gain British and French favour by supporting them in the Crimean War was unsuccessful, as Italian matters were ignored at the Congress of Paris.

Though the French XX Corps was to only act in a supporting role in this sector, in the event they would help lead the way.

During the American Revolution in 1776, Benjamin Martin ( Mel Gibson ), a veteran of the French and Indian War and widower with seven children, is called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on a levy supporting the Continental Army.

Colbert had a supporting role rather than top billing in the film, which also featured a number of well known French cinema performers.

In 1646, Thomas Francis was put in command of the French expedition sent south to take the Tuscan forts, after which he was to advance further south to Naples, drive out the Spanish and put himself on the throne of the kingdom ; but the expedition set off late, and when he besieged Orbetello, the supporting French fleet was defeated by the Spanish and he was forced to raise the siege and conduct a difficult retreat, which he performed so poorly that Cardinal Mazarin subsequently despised his command ability, viewed him as incompetent, and declined to appoint him to the expedition that France sent to support the Naples revolt late in 1647 ( this did not stop Mazarin from considering him as a potential candidate for a French-backed King of Naples, though Paris was so slow to move on this that Henry II, Duke of Guise was adopted by the Neapolitans instead ).