Renaud

Renaud is a lyric tragedy in three acts with music by Sacchini, words by Le Boeuf , and choreography by Maxaimilen Gardel. It had its premiere in the Porte Saint-Martin theatre on 25 February 1783 and was mounted 51 times between 1783 and 1785 and on 76 dates between 1789 and 1795; it was revived on three programs in 1815 for a total of 130 performances before being dropped. It was based upon material from Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata XVII-XX, but it was suggested more immediately by the abbé…