MOREL DE CHÉDEVILLE,
Étienne.
La Caravane du Caire, opéra en trois actes, representé devant Leurs Majestés à Fontainebleau. [
Paris:] imprimerie de
P.R.C. Ballard
mdcclxxxiii
[1783].
First Edition. 8vo. 23 leaves. A copy was not seen. The above title was copied from the entry in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque
Nationale.
Quérard VI, 303.
Lajarte I, 338.
Grove III, 796.
Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, 17 (title reads: La Caravane du Caire, drame lyrique en trois actes,
par Morel, Musique de Grétry, Représenté, pour la première fois, devant leurs Majestés, à Fontainebleau, en 1784, et à Paris,
en 1785).
For another opera by Grétry, with words by Morel de Chédeville, see no. 4566. The words of this opera were written in part by the Comte de provence, afterwards Louis XVIII, in collaboration with Morel de Chédeville.
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FAVART,
Charles Simon.
La Belle Arsène, Comédie-Féerie en Quatre Actes, melée d’Ariettes,
Paris,
1780.
8vo. A copy of this edition of 1780 was not located. The title as above was taken from the Library of Congress Catlaogue,
1849.
This edition not in Quérard.
Grove V, 836 (not this edition).
Not in Lajarte.
Charles Simon Favart, 1710-1792, French dramatists[.]
[
sic
--
Ed.
] This play was first acted at the Théâtre-Italien on August 14, 1773, and first printed in the same year.
Pierre Alexandre Monsigny, 1729-1817, French composer, wrote the music for
La Belle Arsène.
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MARMONTEL,
Jean François.
Zemire et Azor, Comédie-Ballet, en Quatre Actes et en vers. Mêlée de Chants & de Danses, représentée devant Sa Majesté, à
Fontainebleau, le 9 Novembre 1771. Et à Paris, par les Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi, le 16 Decembre suivant. Les paroles
de M. Marmontel. La musique de M. Grétry.
Paris: [chez
Ruault.]
1783.
8vo. A copy of this edition was not located; the above title is taken from the card of an edition printed by
Ruault in 1784.
This edition not in Quérard and not in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Not in Lajarte.
Grove III, 796.
This opera was first produced on December 16, 1771 and “at once placed Grétry in the rank of creative artists.”--Grove.
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BOUTET DE MONVEL,
Jacques Marie.
Alexis et Justine, comédie lyrique, en deux actes et en prose, mêlée d’Ariettes, représentée pour la premiére fois à Versailles
devant Leurs Majestés, le Vendredi 14 Janvier 1785, & à Paris, sur le Théâtre de la Comédie italienne le lundi 17. Paroles
de M. de Monvel. Musique de M. Desaides.
A
Paris:
Brunet,
mdcclxxxv
[1785.]
First Edition. 8vo. 67 pages; a copy was not seen, the above title was copied from the card of the University of Pennsylvania Library
in the National Union Catalog.
Quérard VI, 277.
Collection des Théâtres Français. Suite du Répertoire, 61.
Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel, 1744-1811, French dramatist and actor in the Comédie Française, was a professor at the Conservatoire de Musique, and held
other positions in connection with the drama and the opera.
N. Dezède (Dezaides), 1744-c. 1792, is said by Reichard to have been born in Turin, but nothing is known of his origin, and even his nationality
is uncertain. He was the composer of a number of operas.
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