Le peintre amoureux de son modèle
Music by Egidio Duni
Le peintre amoureux de son modèle (French pronunciation: [lə pɛ̃tʁ amuʁø də sɔ̃ mɔdɛl], The Painter in Love with his Model) is an opéra comique in two acts by the composer Egidio Duni with a libretto by Louis Anseaume. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Laurent in Paris on 26 July 1757. The Italian Duni had been working at the court of Parma, where French culture was highly fashionable, and travelled to Paris to see the premiere of his opera. He remained in France for the rest of his career. Le peintre marked an important stage in the development of opéra comique, since its musical numbers were almost entirely original music, whereas previous opéras comiques employed either popular vaudevilles or ariettes appropriated from other works. The melody of "Maudit Amour, raison sévère", one of the opera's ariettes, was used by Sweden's bard, Carl Michael Bellman, for his song "Glimmande nymf", one of his Fredman's Epistles published in 1790.
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About the Composer
Egidio Romualdo Duni (or Egide Romuald Duny; 11 February 1708 – 11 June 1775) was an Italian composer who studied in Naples and worked in Italy, France and London, writing both Italian and French operas.
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Other Operas by Egidio Duni
- La fée Urgèle
- L'école de la jeunesse (1731)
- La Rosière de Salency (1769)