Le jugement de Midas

Le jugement de Midas

Le jugement de Midas ("The Judgement of Midas") is a French "comédie mêlée d'ariettes" (a kind of "opéra comique"), in three acts by André Grétry first performed privately at the Palais-Royal, Paris on 28 March, 1778. The libretto is by the Irish playwright Thomas Hales (also known by the French name Thomas d'Hèle) with additional contributions by Louis Anseaume. It was based on the play "Midas" (1760) by Kane O'Hara.

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elected recordings

*"Le jugement de Midas" John Elwes, Mieke van der Sluis, Jules Bastin, La Petite Bande, conducted by Gustav Leonhardt (Ricercar, 1989)

ources

*Article by David Charlton in "The Viking Opera Guide" ed. Holden (1993)


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