Le cadi dupé

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Le cadi dupé {The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge} is an opéra comique in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It has a French-language libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna in either November or December of 1761. (The libretto was also set by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny in an opera that premiered in February of that year.)

The story involves a judge who wants to divorce his wife, Fatime, in order to marry the beautiful Zelmire, who is in love with Nouradin. The music belongs to the Turkish-influenced fashion of the period and features janissary music, represented by piccolo, drums, and cymbals.

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