Madame Favart is an opera comique in three acts composed by Jacques Offenbach and first performed in 1878. The story is based on the life of the famous 18th-century French actress and singer Marie Justine Benoit, who was known by her stage name Madame Favart. The opera tells the tale of the actress's tumultuous love affair with Charles Simon Favart, a playwright and director, and their struggles to maintain their relationship amidst the chaos of the...