Le Jaloux corrigé

Le Jaloux corrigé is an opera buffa by Michel Blavet, who had the idea of using words by Collé and Florian to create a musical parody of certain Italian composers. One of the Italians whom he chose to make the special target of his humor was Pergolesi , author of La Serva padrona and Il Maestro di musica. The members of Tonelli’s company visiting Paris filled the cast except for Mlle Marie-Françoise Lyonnois and M. Jean-Barthélémy Lany , who headed the ballet. The Italian accents of the actors…