L’Heureux Stratagème

L’Heureux Stratagème was billed as a lyric comedy in two acts with music by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin and a libretto by Saulnier. This composition based upon Crispin, rival de son maître had its world premiere at the Opéra on 13 September 1791, and it was already reflecting the point of view and complaints of the lower classes of society. Yet this feature of its text hardly appealed to the more conservative spectators at the Opéra, and the work was never popular. It had to be dropped after its…