First performance 5 January 1769 Librettist Jean-François Marmontel | Composer André Grétry Language French | |
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Similar Guillaume Tell, Richard Coeur‑de‑lion, La caravane du Caire, L'amant jaloux, Zémire et Azor | ||
Lucile is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mêlée d'ariettes, in one act by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean-François Marmontel, and the characters in the opera, though not the actual story, were derived from Marmontel's L'école des pères. The melody from "Où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille?" was later reused in Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 5, Op.37.
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Performance history
It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 5 January 1769.
Selected recordings
References
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