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Le trompeur trompé

Music by Pierre Gaveaux

Le trompeur trompé (The Trickster Tricked) is a one-act opéra comique by Pierre Gaveaux, to a libretto by François Bernard-Valville. It premiered at the Théâtre Feydeau on 2 August 1800 (The first-edition libretto gives the date as 14 Thermidor an VIII, using the French Republican Calendar created during the French Revolution).

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About the Composer

Pierre Gaveaux is the composer of record for this opera.

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