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L'école de la jeunesse ou Le Barnevelt françois (The School of Youth or The French Barnwell) is an opéra comique (specifically a comédie mêlée d'ariettes) in three acts by the composer Egidio Duni. The libretto, by Louis Anseaume, is based on George Lillo's play The London Merchant or The History of George Barnwell (1731). The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 24 January 1765.
| Cast | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 24 January 1765 (Conductor: -) |
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| Cléon, an elegant young man | tenor | |
| Sophie, his fiancée | soprano | |
| Hortense, a rich widow | soprano |