Mélomanie : opera comique en un acte en vers mêlé d'ariettes mis en musique
Description:
During his early career, Champein was known for church music composed while he worked as music master at the collegiate church in Pignon (in the southern Provence region of France). He moved to Paris and established himself as an operatic composer; La mélomanie (1781) is one of his most famous operas, and it remained in the repertoire at the Opéra-Comique until 1829. La mélomanie actually mocks the debate between French and Italian styles of music, with Fugantini as an Italian who is rejecte…
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Date:
1781
Creator:
Champein, Stanislas, 1753-1830 & Grenier