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)
Favart
A scene from Le diable à quatre with text by Michel-Jean Sedaine
Albert Louis Wolff was a French conductor and composer of Dutch descent. Most of his career was spent in European venues, with the exception of two years that he spent as a conductor at the Metropolit