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Les Mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages) is an opéra comique, described as a drame lyrique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by Barnabé Farmian Durosoy based on a work by Jean François Marmontel.
It was first performed on 12 June 1776 by the Comédie-Italienne (with which the Opéra-Comique was merged at that time) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast,[1] 12 June 1776 (Conductor: - ) |
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Agathis, in love with Céphalide | tenor | Jean-Baptiste Guignard, called Clairval |
Parmenon, friend of Agathis | tenor | M Julien |
Eumene, father of Agathis | basse-taille (bass-baritone) | Pierre-Marie Narbonne |
Céphalide | soprano | Marie-Jean Trial, née Milon |
Éliane, friend of Céphalide | soprano | Marie-Thérèse-Théodore Rombocoli-Riggieri, called 'Mlle Colombe l'Aînée' |
Euphémie, mother of Céphalide | soprano | Louise-Frédérique Moulinghen, née Schrœder |
The Chief of the Elders | basse-taille | Philippe-Thomas Ménier (also spelt Meunier) |
The General | M Labussière | |
Two Samnite girls | Sophie Dufayel (ainée) and Marie Desbrosses | |
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