• Charles Nicolas Joseph Justin Favart (17 March 1749 in Paris – 1 or 2 February 1806) was a French playwright at the Comédie-Italienne for two decades....
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    the Great) is an opéra comique by André Grétry. The libretto, by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, is based on the early life of the Russian tsar Peter the Great...
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    Pierre-Marie Narbonne Comte de Beaucaire's officials tenors Charles-Nicolas-Joseph-Justin Favart M. Dorgeville Aucassin's page spoken Jacques Béron, called...
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  • (général de brigade) Jean-Baptiste Favart (général de brigade) Nicolas Remi Favart d'Herbigny (général de division) Charles François Léger Favereau (général...
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    the Opéra-Comique in the Salle Favart on 5 September 1793, with further performances up to 1794. The composer Nicolas Dalayrac has been identified as...
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    Hérold's last completed one, was very successful, inaugurating the new Salle Favart in 1840, and enjoying some 1,000 performances up to 1871, and reaching its...
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    Suleiman II by Charles-Simon Favart Roxelane 1803 Melpomène et Thalie by René de Chazet Mercure 1803 Siri-Brahé ou les Curieuses by Henry Joseph Thurind de...
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  • place in Paris. Sources Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7...
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