PHILIDOR: Le Sorcier

PHILIDOR: Le Sorcier 2 January. Paris, C.I. Text by A. A. H. Poinsinet. Two acts. Philidor introduced one air from Gluck’s Orfeo (“Chiamo il mio ben così”) into his Sorcier (“Nous étions dans cet âge”); see on this plagiarism the introduction to the Pelletan edition of Gluck’s Orfeo (1898). First given at Versailles 21 March 1764; in French also, at Amsterdam 1764; Vienna 1765; Turin Spring 1765; Copenhagen and Brussels 1767; Hamburg 6 February 1769; Hanover 31 July 1769; Liége 24 November…