An opéra-comique popular for more than a century, and admired by Berlioz.
145. Le Déserteur (Monsigny)
Tag: monsigny
139. Le roi et le fermier (Monsigny)
Is this the first great French opera?
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
