Toinon et Toinette

Toinon et Toinette is a two act opéra-comique[1], with a libretto by Desbouliers (Jean-Auguste Jullien -1731-1771)[2] and music by François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829)[3].

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).

Sources

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9062851n/f1.item.zoom

http://data.bnf.fr/14844138/francois-joseph_gossec_toinon_et_toinette__rh_406/

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desboulmiers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Gossec

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: p. 88.

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