L’Ecole des amants

L’Ecole des amants is an opéra-ballet in three acts and a prologue with music by Niel and words by Fuzelier ; it had its world premiere at the Opéra on 11 June 1744 (see seventeenth-century volume for opéra-ballet and Fuzelier). Its acts were designated as “lessons” on account of the title and theme of the work. The entrées bore the following titles: La Constance couronnée, La Grandeur sacrifiée, and L’Absence surmontée. A fourth act entitled Les Sujets indociles was added on 27 April 1745. The…