Arvire et Evelina

Arvire et Evelina is a lyric tragedy in three acts with music by Sacchini that Jean-Baptiste Rey completed after Sacchini’s death. Nicolas-François Guillard wrote the libretto. The work had its premiere on 29 April 1788 but was withdrawn until its second representation eight months later on 2 January 1789. It was then produced on another ten programs in this same year and mounted on seven dates in 1790. After these 19 stagings, it was heard on 14 occasions from 1792 until 1729 and on 34 dates…