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''La double épreuve, ou Colinette à la cour'', is a ''comédie lyrique'' (
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* Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste' (work-list) in ''The
Bibliographic summary
* Pitou, Spire (1983–1990). ''The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers'' (3 volumes). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Colinette a la cour Operas by André Grétry Opéras comiques Operas French-language operas 1782 operas Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera
''La double épreuve, ou Colinette à la cour'', is a ''comédie lyrique'' (comic opera
Comic opera, sometimes known as light opera, is a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending and often including spoken dialogue.
Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a ne ...
) in three acts written by André Grétry
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a
composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ...
in 1782 to a French libretto by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, based on Charles Simon Favart's '.Bartlet 1992.
Performance history
It was first performed on 1 January 1782 by the Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera
The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...
) at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and included choreography by Maximilien Gardel.Pitou, vol. 1 (1983), p. 30 (theatre); vol. 2 (1985), pp. 169–170, 568 (choreographer).
Roles
References
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* Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste' (work-list) in ''The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera
''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' is an encyclopedia of opera. It is the largest work on opera in English, and in its printed form, amounts to 5,448 pages in four volumes.
The dictionary was first published in 1992 by Macmillan Reference, L ...
'', ed. Stanley Sadie
Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was published as the first edition ...
(London)
Bibliographic summary
* Pitou, Spire (1983–1990). ''The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers'' (3 volumes). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Colinette a la cour Operas by André Grétry Opéras comiques Operas French-language operas 1782 operas Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera