GRÉTRY: Lisbeth

GRÉTRY: Lisbeth 10 January. Paris, O.C. Text by E. G. F. de Favières (founded on a story by Florian). Three acts. In French also given at Ghent 1799; Liége 25 October 1799; Brussels 23 January 1800; Berne 28 February 1801, etc. On French stages until about 1813. In Swedish (translated by J. W. Spetz ), Stockholm 6 September 1803. Italian translation by G. Savorgnan published 1797. See on this opera (in which Favières introduced the Swiss poet and painter Salomon Gessner) E. Closson in Revue…