{"id":21942,"count":2,"description":"Louise is an opera ('roman musical') in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists.\nThe opera depicts Parisian working-class life. However the city itself is in many ways the true star of this very atmospheric work - invoked at various points during the opera. A French example of verismo opera, it tells the story of the love between Louise, a seamstress living with her parents in Paris, and Julien, a young artist. It is the story of a young girl's desire for freedom (associated in her mind with her lover and the city of Paris).\nCharpentier later wrote a sequel to Louise, the opera Julien, which describes the artistic aspirations of Louise\u2019s suitor.\nLouise premiered on 2 February 1900 at the Op\u00e9ra-Comique conducted by Andr\u00e9 Messager in a production by Albert Carr\u00e9. It was successful, reaching its 100th performance just over a year later; the 500th...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/louise\/","name":"Louise","slug":"louise","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/21942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=21942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}