BERTON: Montano et Stéphanie

BERTON: Montano et Stéphanie 15 April Paris, O.C. Text by J. E. B. Dejaure (founded on an episode in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso). Three acts. The libretto had first been offered to Grétry; see on the origin and production of the work the chapter “Berton” in Adolphe Adam’s Derniers Souvenirs d’un Musicien (1859). After a few performances prohibited by the police; given with a new third act (text by G. M. Legouvé ) 4 May 1800 (at the O.C. until 1827); in French also Ghent 1799; Brussels 8 July…