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Florine Dezède

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Florine Dezède
score of Lucette et Lucas
Born1766 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1792 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 25–26)
OccupationComposer Edit this on Wikidata
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Florine Dezède (1766–1792) was a French composer, known for the opera Lucette et Lucas. She was one of the most celebrated female composers of the 1780s.[1]

Florine Dezède was the daughter of composer Nicolas Dezède. Little is known about her life.[1]

Lucette et Lucas is a one-act comédie mêlée d'ariettes with a libretto by Nicolas-Julien Forgeot. It is a sentimental story of young lovers Lucette and Lucas who must comedically outwit those opposed to their marriage. [1]

The Comédie-Italienne premiered Lucette et Lucas at the Hôtel de Bourgogne on 8 November 1781.[2] It was a mainstay of their repertoire, often paired with an opera by her father. There were 43 performances in the next decade, including one at Versailles in 1782.[1] The score was published in 1786.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Letzter, Jacqueline; Adelson, Robert (2001). Women writing opera : creativity and controversy in the age of the French Revolution. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22653-1.
  2. ^ a b Charlton, David (2001). "Dezède[D.Z., Dezèdes, Desaides, De Zaides], Nicolas". Grove Music Online. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07700. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

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