- La caravane du Caire
La caravane du Caire is an
opéra-ballet in three acts byAndré Grétry , set to alibretto by Etienne Morel de Chédeville. It was the most successful of Grétry's large-scale works that are lighter in tone: it received over 500 performances at the Paris Opéra up to 1829.The opera was first performed at Fontainebleau on the 30th October,
1783 .Roles
elected recordings
* Ricercar Academy, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Direction: Marc Minkowki. Cat: RIC 100084/085. Released 1992. Re-released July 2008.
References
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=30&Mese=10&Anno=1783&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac, accessed 16 August 2008]
*David Charlton: "La caravane du Caire", "Grove Music Online " ed L. Macy (accessed 10 May 2007), [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] , subscription access.
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