Toute la Grèce ou ce que peut la liberté

Toute la Grèce ou ce que peut la liberté is one of a series of short works mounted at the Opéra to satisfy a governmental order that compositions produced on national stages should be patriotic and dedicated to the cause of the 1789 Revolution. It was offered as “a patriotic tableau” in a single act with words by C. J. Beffroy de Reigny and music by Lemoyne . It had its premiere on 5 January 1794, a year when the proliferation of works singing the praises of liberty, reason, and patriotism was…