Nicolas Dezède

Nicolas-Alexandre Dezède (c.1740 in Lyon – 11 September 1798, in Paris) was an 18th-century French composer born from unknown parents.

Dezède presented a great many number of opéras comiques, of which several were popular, at the Théâtre italien de Paris. He served the Duke des Deux-Ponts from 1749 to 1790. A freemason, he was initiated at the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs in Paris.^[1] Mozart and Beethoven both wrote variations on themes by Dezède.

His daughter Florine Dezède composed the opera Lucette et Lucas.

Main operas

• 1772: Julie (28 September) ;
• 1777: Les Trois Fermiers ;
• 1783: Blaise et Babet ;
• 1784: Le Véritable Figaro ;
• 1785: Alexis et Justine.