François-Benoît Hoffman
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François-Benoît Hoffman was a French playwright and critic, best known today for his operatic librettos, including those set to music by Étienne Méhul and Luigi Cherubini.
Portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly, c. 1800
Euphrosine
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Euphrosine, ou Le tyran corrigé is an opera, designated as a 'comédie mise en musique', by the French composer Étienne Nicolas Méhul with a libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. It was the first of Méh
François-Benoît Hoffman
…it down in favour of another Hoffman drama, Médée. Adrien was accepted instead by Méhul, with whom Hoffman collaborated on several operas, including Euphrosine (1790), Stratonice (1792) and Ariodant (1799). Hoffman was a strong advocate of authors' rights regarding artistic control, copyright and freedom of…
Page from the original 1790 score, showing the characteristic combination of spoken dialogue and music
Méhul in 1799; portrait by Antoine Gros
The beginning of the legendary duet "Gardez-vous de la jalousie"