This is a list of the complete operas of the French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817). The majority of Monsigny's operas were premiered by the Opéra-Comique, first at the Parisian fairs of Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent, and later (after the company merged with, and became known as, the Comédie-Italienne) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. The company also premiered several of his later operas at the Théâtre de la Cour at the Palace of Fontainebleau before presenting them at the Bourgogne.Wild & Charlton 2005, pp. 161 (La belle Arsène), 246 (Le faucon), 249 (Félix ou L'enfant trouvé), 357 (La rosière de Salenci). L'îsle sonnante was premiered by the company at the residence of Madame de Montesson in Villers-Cotterêts before it was given at the Bourgogne.Wild & Charlton 2005, p. 286.

List TitleGenreSub­divi­sionsLibrettoPremière datePlace, theatreLes aveux indiscrets intermède 1 act Larabadière, after Jean de La Fontaine 7 February 1759 Opéra-Comique (St Germain), ParisLe maître en droit opéra bouffon 2 acts Pierre-René Lemmonier, after Jean de La Fontaine's Le roi Candule, et le maître en droit 13 February 1760 Opéra-Comique (St Germain), ParisLe cadi dupé opéra bouffon 1 act Pierre-René Lemmonier, after The Thousand and One Nights, and L Gallet's Le tour double, ou le prêté rendu 4 February 1761 Opéra-Comique (St Germain), Paris On ne s'avise jamais de tout opéra comique mêlé de morceaux de musique 1 act Michel-Jean Sedaine, after Jean de La Fontaine 14 September 1761 Opéra-Comique (St Laurent), ParisLe roi et le fermier comédie mêlée de morceaux de musique 3 acts Michel-Jean Sedaine, after Robert Dodsley's The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 22 November 1762 (Bourgogne), ParisLe nouveau monde divertissement Charles-Simon Favart, after Simon-Joseph Pellegrinwritten 1763 unperformed Rose et Colas comedy 1 act Michel-Jean Sedaine, after François-Guillaume Fouques-Deshays Desfontaines's Le van8 March 1764 Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), Paris Aline, reine de Golconde ballet héroïque 3 acts Michel-Jean Sedaine, after Stanislas-Jean de Boufflers La reine de Golconde 15 April 1766 Opéra (Tuileries),Pitou 1983, p. 26; Pitou 1985, p. 565. Paris Philémon et Baucis 1 act Michel-Jean Sedaine 1766 or 1767 Bagnolet or L'lle Adam, ParisL'île sonnante opéra comique 3 acts Collé, after François Rabelais's Le cinquième livre August 1767 Comédie-Italienne (Villers-Cotterêts)Le déserteur drame en prose mêlé de musique 3 acts Michel-Jean Sedaine 6 March 1769 Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne), ParisLe rosière de Salency (in collaboration with Blaise, Egidio Duni, Philidor and van Swieten) ballet pastoral 3 acts 25 October 1769 Comédie-Italienne (Fontainebleau)Le faucon opéra comique en prose mêlé d'ariettes 1 act Michel-Jean Sedaine, after Jean de La Fontaine 2 November 1772 Comédie-Italienne (Fontainebleau)La belle Arsène comédie-féerie mêlée d'ariettes 3 acts Charles-Simon Favart, after Voltaire's La bégueule 6 November 1773 Comédie-Italienne (Fontainebleau)La belle Arsène (revised version) comédie-féerie 4 acts Charles-Simon Favart, after Voltaire's La bégueule 4 August 1775 Comédie-Italienne (Bourgogne)Wild & Charlton 2005, p. 161. Félix, ou L'enfant trouvé comédie 3 acts Michel-Jean Sedaine 10 November 1777Wild & Charlton 2005, p. 249. Comédie-Italienne (Fontainebleau) Pagamin de Monègue opéra lyri-comique 1 act Michel-Jean Sedaine refused by Opéra, 1785 Robin et Marion unperformed

References Notes

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