- Colinette à la cour
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André Grétry 
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Colinette à la cour, ou La double épreuve, is an opéra comique (designated as a comédie lyrique) in three acts written by André Grétry in 1782 to a French libretto by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, based on Charles Simon Favart’s Ninette à la cour.
Performance history
It was first performed at Académie Royale de Musique, Paris in 1 January 1782.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, January 1, 1782[1]
(Conductor: - )Alphonse tenor Étienne Lainez Amelie soprano Marie-Josephine Laguerre Bastien bass Colinette soprano Mlle Audinot Julien bass Augustin-Athanase Chéron Justine soprano Anne-Marie Jeanne Gavaudan "aînée" Mathurine soprano References
- ^ Pitou, art. "La Double Epreuve ou Colinette à la cour", pp. 169/170
- Biblographic summary
- André E. M. Grétry Opera Score Collection
- Pitou, Spire, The Paris Opéra. An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers – Rococo and Romantic, 1715-1815, Greenwood Press, Westport/London, 1985 (ISBN 0-313-24394-8)
Categories:- Operas by André Grétry
- Opéras comiques
- Operas
- French-language operas
- 1782 operas
- Paris Opera world premieres
- French-language opera stubs
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