First performance 20 August 1768 Librettist Jean-François Marmontel Adapted from L'Ingénu | Composer André Grétry Language French | |
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Similar Guillaume Tell, Zémire et Azor, Richard Coeur‑de‑lion, La caravane du Caire, L'amant jaloux | ||
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Le Huron is a French opéra comique in two acts by André Grétry. The libretto is by Jean François Marmontel based on the story L'Ingénu (1767) by Voltaire. It was the composer's first big success with Parisian audiences.
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Performance history
It was first performed on 20 August 1768 by the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Synopsis
The story is set in Brittany and concerns a love affair between a local girl and a man raised by the Huron Indians in America.
Re-creation
- 12 December 2010, Abbaye de Bourgueil (France), music conductor : Julien Dubruque (music only)
- 1 November 2011, Theatre Adyar (Paris, France), music conductor : Julien Dubruque ; stage director : Henri Dalem
References
Le Huron Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA