Opéra-Comique
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The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of –
Interior of the Salle Favart, 2008
The Muse of Comedy assembles Poetry, Music, and Dance to form Opéra Comique (1722)
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A scene from Le diable à quatre with text by Michel-Jean Sedaine
La Damnation de Faust
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La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 is a French musical composition for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a
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…statute, to have spoken dialogue between musical numbers. The Opéra-Comique staged the first performances of such important French works as Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust (1846), Thomas' Mignon (1866), and Bizet's Carmen (1875). In the latter part of the century the theatre revived works it had made its own, restaged…
Hector Berlioz