Opera in the Repertoire · Baroque
Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
Music by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier · libretto by Charles Simon Favart · premiered 1743 · at Palais Garnier
Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (Don Quixote at the Duchess) is a "comic ballet" (comédie lyrique) by the French baroque composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. Although it is described as a ballet, it is sung throughout with a libretto by Charles Simon Favart.
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About the Composer
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier is the composer of record for this opera.
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