Le Seigneur bienfaisant

Le Seigneur bienfaisant is an opera in three acts and a concluding ballet with words by Rochon de Chabannes and music by Floquet. It was presented at the Palais-Royal and then at the Porte Saint-Martin theatre by the Royal Academy of Music on 68 dates between the time of its premiere on 14 December 1780 and its withdrawal from the repertory in 1786. Mme Saint-Huberty and the young baritone Lays were largely responsible for its 41 performances before the end of 1781, when the ballet called La…