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The penniless young couple Blaise and Blaisine face the advances of their landlady and her husband. The landlady tries to buy Blaise’s favors while her husband pursues Blaisine, setting up a farce.
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The penniless young couple Blaise and Blaisine face the advances of their landlady and her husband. The landlady tries to buy Blaise’s favors while her husband pursues Blaisine, setting up a farce.
In a Viking-era saga, rival powers struggle for control of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and for the hand of Ernelinde, Princess of Norway.
A three-act comedy with ariettes inspired by the rosière festival tradition of the French village of Salency. André Grétry later presented a new version with a reworked libretto in 1774.
A village farce involving two young couples, a sleeping potion, and mistaken identities. This two-act French opéra comique combines spoken dialogue, Philidor’s music, and vaudeville songs.
A one-act French opéra-comique by Philidor, with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine after Jean de La Fontaine’s tale Les rémois. The source notes that its plot is similar to Mozart’s Così fan tutte but gives no further plot details.
A three-act tragédie lyrique reworking Quinault’s libretto for Lully, with mythological characters including Perseus, Andromeda, Medusa, Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
A one-act French-language opera by François-André Danican Philidor with a libretto by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet based on Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.
A revised form of Philidor’s Viking-era opera about the struggle for control of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and for the hand of Princess Ernelinde.
A three-act tragédie lyrique based on the life of the ancient Greek statesman Themistocles.
Tom and Sophie love each other, but Sophie’s aunt mistakenly tells her that her father has approved her marriage to Tom when he has actually agreed to a match with Blifil. Tom is expelled after rejecting that arrangement, and Sophie follows him. At a tavern, Tom protects her from two drunk men; a hidden letter then reveals that Tom is older than Blifil and Alworthy’s nephew, clearing the way for Tom and Sophie to marry.
The penniless young couple Blaise and Blaisine face the advances of their landlady and her husband. The landlady tries to buy Blaise’s favors while her husband pursues Blaisine, setting up a farce.
In a Viking-era saga, rival powers struggle for control of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and for the hand of Ernelinde, Princess of Norway.
A three-act comedy with ariettes inspired by the rosière festival tradition of the French village of Salency. André Grétry later presented a new version with a reworked libretto in 1774.
A village farce involving two young couples, a sleeping potion, and mistaken identities. This two-act French opéra comique combines spoken dialogue, Philidor’s music, and vaudeville songs.
A one-act French opéra-comique by Philidor, with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine after Jean de La Fontaine’s tale Les rémois. The source notes that its plot is similar to Mozart’s Così fan tutte but gives no further plot details.
A three-act tragédie lyrique reworking Quinault’s libretto for Lully, with mythological characters including Perseus, Andromeda, Medusa, Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
A one-act French-language opera by François-André Danican Philidor with a libretto by Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet based on Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote. No plot description is available in the reviewed text.
A revised form of Philidor’s Viking-era opera about the struggle for control of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and for the hand of Princess Ernelinde.
A three-act tragédie lyrique based on the life of the ancient Greek statesman Themistocles.
Tom and Sophie love each other, but Sophie’s aunt mistakenly tells her that her father has approved her marriage to Tom when he has actually agreed to a match with Blifil. Tom is expelled after rejecting that arrangement, and Sophie follows him. At a tavern, Tom protects her from two drunk men; a hidden letter then reveals that Tom is older than Blifil and Alworthy’s nephew, clearing the way for Tom and Sophie to marry.