The first Romantic opera, and the foundation of the 19th century French school.
171. Lodoïska (Cherubini)
Category: opéra-comique
170. Grétry and the French Revolution: Pierre le Grand & Guillaume Tell
How did Grétry respond to the turmoil of the Terror?
168. Raoul Barbe-Bleue (Grétry)
Q: Sister Anne, Sister Anne, what do you see? A: I see that horrid M. Grétry! He wants to make our flesh creep.
150. L’amant jaloux (Grétry)
A crazy mixed-up day on a Spanish estate - with an ingenious act finale.
149. Le Tableau parlant (Grétry)
An early work by the leading opéra-comique composer of the late 18th century.
145. Le Déserteur (Monsigny)
An opéra-comique popular for more than a century, and admired by Berlioz.
140. Tom Jones (Philidor)
Tom Jones, the musical - by an 18th century chess master.
