La Fille de Madame Angot
In Paris in 1794, florist Clairette is engaged to the gentle barber Pomponnet but loves the poet and political activist Ange Pitou. To avoid the wedding, she publicly sings Pitou’s satirical song about actress Mademoiselle Lange and the politician Barras’s circle, expecting to be arrested. Lange summons Clairette and recognizes her as an old schoolfriend. When Pitou arrives, Clairette discovers that he is also courting Lange. During a conspirators’ meeting, Hussars surround Lange’s house, but she hides the conspirators’ identifying collars and wigs, turning the gathering into an innocent-looking ball. To take revenge, Clairette arranges a ball at Les Halles and tricks Lange and Pitou into attending through forged letters. After they are exposed, Clairette reconciles with Lange and chooses faithful Pomponnet over Pitou.