Barbe bleue : comédie en prose et en trois actes
Description:
Although the story of Bluebeard was familiar to French readers from Charles Perrault’s 1698 collection of children’s tales, transferring it to the operatic stage was problematic due in large part to the gruesome nature of the plot. Other violent works had appeared in Paris, but in this instance, the drama was to be performed at the Comédie-Italienne, which typically featured lighter plots than that of Raoul and Isaure. Nevertheless, the opera had a successful run, receiving over a hundred per…
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Date:
1789
Creator:
Grétry, André Ernest Modeste, 1741-1813 & Sedaine, 1719-1797