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The French Opera

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Don Quichotte chez la Duch esse. Opera-ballet in three acts
Music by Boismortier. Libretto by CHARLES-SIMON FAVART (sung in French)
First produced in 1743, Don Quichotte has been called the first French opéra-comique. Favart's libretto is loosely based on episodes from Cervantes, but incorporates many fanciful ideas of his own.
HEINRICH SCHUTZ CHOIR LONDON STRING PLAYERS led by ROLF WILSON
CHIRLES SPINKS (harpsichord)
OL"GA HEGEDUS (cello continuo) conducted by ROGER norrington direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

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Don Quichotte Chez La Duch
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Don Quichotte
Unknown:
Heinrich Schutz
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Rolf Wilson
Harpsichord:
Chirles Spinks
Conducted By:
Roger Norrington
Unknown:
St John
Source: Radio Times

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