Le Huron

Le Huron

Le Huron is a French "opéra comique" in two acts by André Grétry. The libretto is by Jean François Marmontel based on the story "L'ingénu" (1767) by Voltaire. It was the composer's first big success with Parisian audiences.

Performance history

It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne. Paris on 20 August, 1768.

Roles

ynopsis

The story is set in Brittany and concerns a love affair between a local girl and a man raised by the Huron Indians in America.

ources

* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=20&Mese=08&Anno=1768&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac, accessed 9 October 2008]
*"The Oxford Dictionary of Opera", by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5


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