Tom Jones (Philidor)

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For the comic opera by Edward German, see Tom Jones (opera).
For other uses, see Tom Jones (disambiguation).

Tom Jones is a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, a kind of opéra comique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor which first appeared at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 27 February 1765. The libretto, by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poisenet, is loosely based on the |novel by Henry Fielding. The piece was initially a failure but Philidor had the libretto revised by Michel-Jean Sedaine and this new version proved one of the most popular opéras comiques of the late 18th century.

[edit] Recording

  • Tom Jones Opéra de Lausanne conducted by Jean-Claude Malgloire (Dynamic, 2006)

[edit] Sources

  • The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (1993)