Le Roi Théodore à Venise

Le Roi Théodore à Venise was originally an opera buffa in Italian with music by Paisiello and a libretto by Giovanni Battista Casti (see seventeenth-century volume for opera buffa). It was performed in Vienna in 1784 and in a French translation by Moline in Paris on 11 September 1787. It was not revived after its first run of 11 representations ending on 6 December 1784. Marie-Antoinette favored this work and had it sung at Versailles by Garat, Richer , and Azevedo . Chardiny filled the title…