Toinon et Toinette

Toinon et Toinette is a two act opéra-comique, with a libretto by Desbouliers (Jean-Auguste Jullien -1731-1771) and music by François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829).

The original text
First performed in Paris by the Comédiens Italiennes (Hôtel de Bourgogne), 20 June 1767 Published Paris : de La Chevardière ; Lyon : Castaud, [1768]

Performance history in South Africa
1803: Performed in the African Theatre by the Het Fransche Liefhebbery Geselschap under the leadership of Charles Mathurin Villet on Saturday 13 August with Le Tableau Parlant (Anseaume).

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