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| Le roi malgré lui - 1887 | |
| Emmanuel Chabrier 1841 - 1894 | |
| Opéra comique : Comic opera with themes ranging from light to serious and tragic. Contains spoken dialogue, recitatives and arias. | |
| Libretto by Émile de Najac and Paul Burani based on 'Le roi malgré lui' by Marguerite-Louise Virginie Ancelot | |
| First performance at Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart) on 18 May 1887 | |
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| Ravel claimed he would rather have written this comic opera than Wagner's Ring cycle, though the plot is notoriously confused. | |
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