Le Tableau parlant. Comédie parade en un acte et en vers - Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste 1741-1813; Anseaume, Louis 1721-1784 (Paris Grétry, 1769)
In the absence of Isabelle's lover Léandre, Cassandre persuades Isabelle to marry him instead. Cassandre leaves and in the meantime Léandre returns and Isabelle changes her mind. She asks Cassandre's portrait for his agreement to the changed state of affairs, only to find that Cassandre himself is concealed behind the picture.
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Premiered at the Comédie-italienne, Paris, 20 September 1769
Ex libris Alessando Kraus Figlio (stamp)
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Vocal music; Comedy; Paris (France)