Gretry : Richard Coeur-de-lion

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Richard Coeur-de-lion [Richard the Lionheart] is an opéra comique or comédie mise en musique by the Belgian-French composer André Ernest Modeste Grétry.

The libretto (in French) is by Michel-Jean Sedaine.

Richard Coeur-de-lion is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece.

It is one of the most important French opéras comiques.

It is based on a legend about King Richard I of England's captivity in Austria and his rescue by the troubadour Blondel de Nesle.

Details about Gretry : Richard Coeur-de-lion

Title : Richard Coeur-de-lion
Subtitle : Comédie mise en musique - Opéra comique - Opera - Richard the Lionheart
Composer : Grétry, André Ernest Modeste (1741-1813)
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Style : Classical
Composed/published : First performed 21 Oct, 1784
Original instrumentation : Opera

Sources : André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Richard Coeur-de-lion (Paris, 21 October 1784).

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