Zemire et Azor: Pantomime (arr. Beecham)

Composer: GRÉTRY, André-Ernest-Modeste
  • Gretry’s opera Zémire et Azor was first performed at the French royal court in 1771.
  • Zémire et Azor was dedicated to the Louis XV’s mistress Madame du Barry.
  • The opera is an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s (1711-1780) La belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast).1

Sources

  1. M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and David Charlton, “Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 16, 2019,  https://ww.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000043361.

Cut IDs

45280