Lucile (opera)

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.

Performance history

It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 5 January 1769.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, January 5, 1769 (Conductor: - )
Blaise	bass	Joseph "Giuseppe" Caillot
Dorval	tenor
Dorval Père	bass
Julie	soprano
Lucile	soprano
Timente	tenor

Selected recordings

• Lucile, ariettes et quatuor, DUCHESNE Solistes de Liege, Dir. Emmanuel Koch Cat: DD 8026
• Lucile, Solistes, Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opera de Wallonie, Dir. Roger Rossel Cat: MBM 28

References

• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 7 July 2008

Lucile by David Charlton, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7