La Fête hongroise

La Fête hongroise is a makeshift divertissement in a single act that was created for performance at the salle Louvois in 1821, while the company of the Opéra was waiting to get back into their theatre in the rue Le Peletier (see eighteenth-century volume for divertissement). At this time, the schedule of performances became rather confused, and programs were given on only five dates: 25 May; 1, 8, 15 June; and 16 August 1821. La Fête hongroise was produced on only one of these five dates, 15…