What is "chilperic"

Chilperic (also Chilpéric or Chilperich) can refer to:

• Chilperic I, king of Neustria
• Chilperic II, king of the Franks
• Chilperic I of Burgundy
• Chilperic II of Burgundy
• Chilpéric (operetta), an opéra bouffe by Hervé

Chilpéric is an opéra bouffe with libretto and music by Hervé, first produced in Paris on 24 October 1868 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques in Paris. A burlesque of the medieval, Chilpéric starred Hervé in the title role.

During a successful revival of the operetta at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris in 1895, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec painted Marcelle Lender performing a bolero from the operetta in his painting Chilpéric.

The piece was mounted in London at the Lyceum Theatre in 1870 in English starring the author and Selina Dolaro and in an adaptation by H. B. Farnie at the Empire Theatre in 1884.