Colonie : opéra comique en deux actes
Description:
La colonie is Nicolas Etienne Framery’s French parody of Sacchini’s Italian L’isola d’amore, which was premiered during the 1766 Roman carnival. However, Framery chose music in a pastiche-like fashion from various Sacchini operas, without actually using any arias from L’isola d’amore. Although the operas that Sacchini specifically composed for Paris faced resistance from opponents of foreign composers, La colonie received praise from critics. The 1775 French premiere at the Comédie-Italienne…
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Date:
1776
Creator:
Sacchini, Antonio, 1730-1786 & Framery, Nicolas Etienne, 1745-1810
Partner:
UNT Music Library