Denys le tyran

Denys le tyran is an opera in a single act with a score by Grétry and a libretto by Sylvain Maréchal . It was given its world premiere at the Opéra on 23 August 1794, but it had to be dropped from the repertory after its ninth performance on 27 November 1794. The plot of Denys le tyran reveals it to be another propagandistic piece of 1794 extolling the absolute virtue of liberty. It opens with Denys directing a school at Corinth. Here, he behaves like a tyrant with his students just as he did…