MIRY: Bouchard d’Avesnes

MIRY: Bouchard d’Avesnes 5 February. Ghent Text by H. van Peene. Five acts. The most successful work of the Belgian composer. Liége 8 April 1864; Brussels 16 December 1864, etc.; revived Brussels 24 August 1871. A parody, by E. Humbert , called Bouchard pas d’Veine, Opéra faite avec Peine, was published at Brussels in 1864. (Date of first performance wrongly given by Claeys and Wotquenne as 6 March 1862; by Dupont as 6 February 1863.)