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Euphrosine

Music by Étienne Méhul · libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman · premiered 1790 · at Comédie-Italienne

Euphrosine, ou Le tyran corrigé (Euphrosine, or The Tyrant Reformed) is an opera, designated as a 'comédie mise en musique', by the French composer Étienne Nicolas Méhul with a libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. It was the first of Méhul's operas to be performed, and established his reputation as a leading composer of his time. The premiere was given by the Comédie-Italienne at the first Salle Favart in Paris on 4 September 1790.

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Étienne Méhul is the composer of record for this opera.

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