a| fre

4| cmp a| Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre d| 1729-1817 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q705124 9| 5419

a| La Belle Arsène. b| Comédie féerie en quatre actes

a| Paris b| Bailleux c| 1776

a| [i]-109 pages

a| The opera was the first to have excerpts sung in the air - thanks to Élisabeth Thible, the first woman aeronaut, who, dressed as Minerva, sung impromptu arias from the opera to an audience below her including Gustav III, from a Montgolfier balloon in 1784.

a| the libretto is based on Voltaire's 'La bégueule'

a| Premiered on 6 November 1773 in three acts by the Comédiens Italiens ordinaires du Roi before Louis XV at the Palace of Fontainebleau, as "Comédie-féerie en trois actes, mêlée d'ariettes"

a| the last pages contain some ms. writings in ink, probably unrelated to the score but coincidentally on the paper used to repair the pages

a| Représentée devant sa Majesté à Fontainebleau, le 6 novembre, 1773. Et à Paris le 14 aoust 1775. Et une seconde fois devant leurs Majeste le 4 novembre 1775.

a| 18th Century (1701-1800) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7015 9| 20899

a| Opera 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1344 9| 2468

a| Comedy 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q40831 9| 21436

a| Paris (France) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q90 9| 160

a| Favart, Charles-Simon d| 1710-1792 4| lbt 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q981902 9| 5423

u| https://imslp.org/wiki/La_belle_Ars%C3%A8ne_(Monsigny%2C_Pierre-Alexandre) 3| International Music Score Library Project

c| BOO

a| boek

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.31 05J10

d| 1161