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In India, Queen Aline recognizes the newly arrived ambassador Saint Phar as her former lover from when she was a peasant. Disguised as a shepherdess, she meets him and then leaves again to test his love. Later, as queen, she offers marriage, but he refuses because he loves the shepherdess. Aline’s identity is revealed and the lovers reunite.
Aucassin and Nicolette love each other, but his father Garins opposes their marriage because her parentage is unknown. After Aucassin is imprisoned and Nicolette escapes, they flee to the forest. Bongars makes peace with Garins and reveals that Nicolette is his daughter, clearing the way for the lovers 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.
Farmer Michel will not let his daughter Röschen marry Töffel until the disappearance of his son Christel’s fiancée, Hännchen, is explained. Hännchen returns and says Count Schmetterling kidnapped her. A storm forces the king’s hunting party to shelter at Michel’s house. Hännchen recognizes the king’s huntsman as the count, and the king reveals his identity, banishes the count, and rewards Michel and his family.
A three-act German comic opera incorporating 14 musical numbers from Johann Georg Standfuß’s popular farce Der Teufel ist los.
A three-act French opéra comique about Swiss patriots led by Guillaume Tell resisting the oppressive Austrian governor Guesler in the thirteenth century. A fuller plot is not provided.
In India, Queen Aline recognizes the newly arrived ambassador Saint Phar as her former lover from when she was a peasant. Disguised as a shepherdess, she meets him and then leaves again to test his love. Later, as queen, she offers marriage, but he refuses because he loves the shepherdess. Aline’s identity is revealed and the lovers reunite.
Aucassin and Nicolette love each other, but his father Garins opposes their marriage because her parentage is unknown. After Aucassin is imprisoned and Nicolette escapes, they flee to the forest. Bongars makes peace with Garins and reveals that Nicolette is his daughter, clearing the way for the lovers 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.
Farmer Michel will not let his daughter Röschen marry Töffel until the disappearance of his son Christel’s fiancée, Hännchen, is explained. Hännchen returns and says Count Schmetterling kidnapped her. A storm forces the king’s hunting party to shelter at Michel’s house. Hännchen recognizes the king’s huntsman as the count, and the king reveals his identity, banishes the count, and rewards Michel and his family.
A three-act German comic opera incorporating 14 musical numbers from Johann Georg Standfuß’s popular farce Der Teufel ist los.
A three-act French opéra comique about Swiss patriots led by Guillaume Tell resisting the oppressive Austrian governor Guesler in the thirteenth century. A fuller plot is not provided.
An ill-tempered Marquise refuses shelter to an astrologer, who transforms her into the wife of Jacques, a surly cobbler. Jacques’s kind-natured wife takes the Marquise’s place. After learning her lesson, the Marquise is restored to her former life.
A separate 1756 setting of the same French-language libretto as Gluck’s Le diable à quatre. The available description identifies its composers but provides no distinct plot summary.
Soldier Alexis deserts after his fiancée Louise pretends she will marry his cousin instead. He is captured and condemned to execution, while Louise pleads with the king for mercy. She obtains a reprieve but faints before delivering it; the king arrives in person and frees Alexis.
Clémentine loves Octave, known as Le Magnifique, while her tutor Aldorandin tries to marry her. Octave has secretly rescued her father Horace and servant Laurence from slavery. Laurence exposes Aldorandin’s role in their capture. Horace reunites with Clémentine and gives his blessing to her marriage to Octave.
A three-act French opéra-comique by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny with a libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine. No plot description or premiere information is available in the reviewed text.
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.
Blondel, Richard the Lionheart’s faithful squire, searches for the imprisoned king disguised as a blind troubadour. In Linz he learns from Sir Williams and his daughter Laurette of a prisoner in the nearby castle; singing a tune known to Richard confirms the king’s identity. With help from Countess Marguerite and Williams’s men, Blondel exploits Laurette’s relationship with the governor Florestan to free Richard during a celebration.
A three-act French opéra-comique by Michel-Jean Sedaine with music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny.
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.