Une Folie
Une Folie is a comic opera in two acts by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763-1842), with music by Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817).
Comédie en prose mêlée de chants en 2 actes. First performed at the Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique (the Théâtre Feydeau) on 5 April 1802, and published in Paris by Huet, Ravinet & Charon in 1802.
Translated into English and published as Une Jolie by J. Wild in 1802, and as Love Laughs at Blacksmiths by anonymous author and performed at The Haymarket in 1803.
Bruzane Mediabase[http://www.bruzanemediabase.com/fre/AEuvres/Une-folie-Bouilly-Mehul
https://archive.org/stream/unefolie00mhul#page/n3/mode/2up
Facsimile version of the original French published text, Internet Archive[1]
Facsimile version of the original French published text, Google E-Book[2]
Facsimile version of the original published partition by Méhul, Internet Archive[3]
Facsimile version of the English text by J. Wild, Google E-Book[4]