Lucile (opera)

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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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Lucile is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, in one act by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean François Marmontel, and the characters in the opera, though not the actual story, were derived from Marmontel's L'école des pères. The melody from "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" was later reused in Vieuxtemp's Violin Concerto No. 5, Op.37.

Contents 1 Performance history 2 Roles 3 Selected recordings 4 Bibliography

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 5 January 1769.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, January 5, 1769 (Conductor: - )
Blaise	bass
Dorval	tenor
Dorval Père	bass
Julie	soprano
Lucile	soprano
Timente	tenor

[edit] Selected recordings

• Lucile, ariettes et quatuor, DUCHESNE Solistes de Liege, Dir. Emmanuel Koch Cat: DD 8026
• Lucile, Solistes, Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opera de Wallonie, Dir. Roger Rossel Cat: MBM 28

[edit] Bibliography

Lucile by David Charlton, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7