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Nina

Music by Nicolas Dalayrac · libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier · premiered 1786

Nina, ou La folle par amour (Nina, or The Woman Crazed with Love) is an opéra-comique in one act by the French composer Nicolas Dalayrac. It was first performed on 15 May 1786 by the Comédie-Italienne at the first Salle Favart in Paris. The libretto, by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, is based on a short story by Baculard d'Arnaud.

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Nicolas Dalayrac is the composer of record for this opera.

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