Le Baiser

Full title in French, Le Baiser, ou La Bonne Fée, an "opéra-comique" in three acts, with a libretto by Florian (Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1755–1794), and compositions by Stanislas Champein (1753-1830).

The original text
First performed in Paris at the Comédie Italienne on 26 November 1781.

First published Paris : Lawalle L'Écuyer, 1784, revised before 1813 and again 1823-1824.

Performance history in South Africa
1810: Performed in Cape Town by the pupils of J. Riaux on 27 October, with Le Nid d'Amour as afterpiece.

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