Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Genevieve de Brabant is an opera bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant. For the 1867 version a comic duet for bass and baritone in the character of two gendarmes was added to Act 2: "Couplets des deux hommes d'armes". In English-speaking countries it is widely known as the "Gendarmes' Duet", from H. B. Farnie's English adaptation. As well as being a popular performance-piece, it formed the basis for the U.S. "Marines' Hymn". The two-act French libretto was written by Louis-Adolphe Jaime and Etienne Trefeu, and the opera was first staged at the Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris on 19 November 1859. A new three-act version (in which the Gendarmes' Duet first appeared), revised by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux, was first given at the Theatre des Menus-Plaisirs, Paris, on 26 December 1867. An expanded five-act version was devised for a production at the Theatre de la Gaite on 25 February 1875. A Paris revival in 1908 at the Theatre des Varietes with Genevieve Vix in the title role ran for 58 nights.

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