Les mariages samnites

Les Mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages) is an opéra comique, described as a drame lyrique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by Barnabé Farmian Durosoy based on a work by Jean François Marmontel.

André Grétry

Performance history

It was first performed on 12 June 1776 by the Comédie-Italienne (with which the Opéra-Comique was merged at that time) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast,[1] 12 June 1776 (Conductor: - )
Agathis, in love with Céphalide	tenor	Jean-Baptiste Guignard, called Clairval
Parmenon, friend of Agathis	tenor	M Julien
Eumene, father of Agathis	basse-taille (bass-baritone)	Pierre-Marie Narbonne
Céphalide	soprano	Marie-Jean Trial, née Milon
Éliane, friend of Céphalide	soprano	Marie-Thérèse-Théodore Rombocoli-Riggieri, called 'Mlle Colombe l'Aînée'
Euphémie, mother of Céphalide	soprano	Louise-Frédérique Moulinghen, née Schrœder
The Chief of the Elders	basse-taille	Philippe-Thomas Ménier (also spelt Meunier)
The General		M Labussière
Two Samnite girls		Sophie Dufayel (ainée) and Marie Desbrosses