Le jugement de Midas

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Operas by André Ernest Modeste Grétry
Le Huron (1767) Les mariages samnites (1768) Lucile (1769) Le tableau parlant (1769) Les deux avares(1770) Zémire et Azor (1771) Le jugement de Midas (1778) L'amant jaloux (1778) Aucassin et Nicolette (1779) Colinette à la cour (1782) L’épreuve villageoise (1782) La caravane du Caire (1783) Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784) Pierre le Grand (1790) Guillaume Tell (1791)
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Le jugement de Midas (The Judgement of Midas) is a French comédie mêlée d'ariettes (a kind of opéra comique), in three acts by André Grétry first performed privately at the Palais-Royal, Paris on 28 March 1778. The libretto is by the Irish playwright Thomas Hales (also known by the French name Thomas d'Hèle) with additional contributions by Louis Anseaume. It was based on the play Midas (1760) by Kane O'Hara.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, March 28, 1778 (Conductor: - )
Apollon	tenor
Chloé	soprano
Lise	soprano
Marsias	countertenor
Midas	tenor
Mopsa	soprano
Palémon	bass
Pan	Bass

[edit] Selected recordings

• Le jugement de Midas John Elwes, Mieke van der Sluis, Jules Bastin, La Petite Bande, conducted by Gustav Leonhardt (Ricercar, 1989)

[edit] Sources

• Article by David Charlton in The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (1993)