Joseph
Music by Étienne Méhul · libretto by Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval · premiered 1807 · at Salle Feydeau
Joseph (also known as Joseph en Égypte) is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul. The libretto, by Alexandre Duval, is based on the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. The work was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 17 February 1807 at the Théâtre Feydeau. It mixes musical numbers with spoken dialogue and is described in both the libretto and the printed announcement for the opening night as a drame en trois actes, mêlé de chant, although the Méhul scholar Elizabeth Bartlet catalogues it as an opéra en prose.
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About the Composer
Étienne Méhul is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Étienne Méhul
- Euphrosine (1790)
- Adrien (1791)
- Cora (1791)
- Horatius Coclès (1794)
- Doria (1795)
- La taupe et les papillons (1797)
- Ariodant (1799)
- Bion (1800)