Adrien

Adrien is an opera in three acts with a score by Etienne-Henri Méhul and a libretto by François Hoffmann. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 4 June 1799, and it was an immediate success in its first four performances through 16 June 1799; it returned 28,155 francs 50 centimes to the box office at this time for an average of more than 7,000 francs per billing. Still a rumor persisted that the work was withdrawn because the directorate was averse to producing a composition depicting a…