Sarreguemines - Wall plate (7) - Earthenware - Belle Époque Operettas

Series of 7 plates from the Sarreguemines Earthenware Factory dating from the 1890s-1900s illustrating the great operetta composers of the Belle Époque.

Each plate brings together the portrait and name of a composer in a medallion, an illustrated scene drawn from one of his works, and a page of the score with the corresponding lyrics arranged on the wing.

Each plate bears underneath a black-printed mark with the inscription Sarreguemines in handwritten letters with an overprint of the letters U&C (for Utzschneider & Co), a mark used between 1875 and 1900.

Some plates from this collection are shown at the Museum of Ceramics and Ceramic Techniques of Sarreguemines.

R. Planquette shows a missing piece, visible in the photos and indicated by red arrows.

Dimensions
Upper diameter: 21.7 cm
Foot diameter: 12 cm
Height: 3 cm

Weight
Unit weight: 340 grams
Total weight: 2.4 kg

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Here is the list of the plates:

1. V. Roger: Josephine Sold by Her Sisters
Josephine Sold by Her Sisters is a three-act opéra-bouffe, with a libretto by Paul Ferrier and Fabrice Carré and music by Victor Roger, premiered in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens Theatre in 1886. It is a parody of the biblical story of Joseph sold by his brothers.

2. L. Vasseur: The Silver Tumbler
Léon Vasseur was a French composer, organist and conductor. His second opérette, The Silver Tumbler, set to a libretto by Adolphe Jaime and Jules Noriac, premiered in 1872 at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens and ran for over 200 performances!

3. F. de Suppé: Fatinitza
Fatinitza is a three-act opérette by Franz von Suppé, after a libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, first performed in 1876 at the Carltheater in Vienna. Alfred Delacour and Victor Wilder prepared a French adaptation, first presented in 1879 at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris.

4. G. Serpette: Little Red Riding Hood
Henri Charles Antoine Gaston Serpette was a French composer, conductor and critic. He wrote the music for Little Red Riding Hood, an operetta in 3 acts, libretto by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché, created at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris in 1885.

5. L. Varney: The Musketeers at the Convent
The Musketeers at the Convent is a three-act opérette by Louis Varney, on a libretto by Jules Prével and Paul Ferrier, premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens) on March 16, 1880. Edging toward opéra-comique, it remains one of the best-known works in the French opérette repertoire. It achieved success abroad as well and was staged in Russian in Saint Petersburg (1881), in German in Vienna (1881) and in Italian in Rome (1883).

6. Lacôme: Mme Boniface
Madame Boniface is a three-act opéra-comique by Paul Lacôme, on a libretto by Charles Clairville and Ernest Depré, first performed in Paris at the Bouffes-Parisiens on October 20, 1883.

7. R. Planquette: The Bells of Corneville
The Bells of Corneville is a three-act opéra-comique by Robert Planquette, on a libretto by Clairville and Charles Gabet, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques on April 19, 1877. It is Planquette’s most famous work.