Lucile (opera)

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 Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5, Op.37.

Performance history

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

Roles

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

Selected recordings

References

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

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