Le peintre amoureux de son modèle

Le peintre amoureux de son modèle (The Painter in Love with his Model) is an opéra comique in two acts by the composer Egidio Duni with a libretto by Louis Anseaume. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Laurent, Paris on 26 July 1757. The Italian Duni had been working at the court of Parma, where French culture was highly fashionable, and travelled to Paris to see the premiere of his opera. He remained in France for the rest of his career. Le peintre marked an important stage in the development of opéra comique.

Roles

Cast	Voice type	Premiere cast
Alberti, an elderly painter	bass	Jean-Louis Laruette
Zerbin, a young apprentice	tenor	M Bouret
Jacinte, an old governess	soprano	Mlle Deschamps
Laurette, a young girl	soprano	Mlle Rosaline

Sources

• Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Le peintre amoureux de son modèle, 26 July 1757". Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
• Cook, Elisabeth (1992), 'Peintre amoureux de son modèle, Le in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
• The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera ed. Parker (OUP, 1994)

External links

• 1757 Livret (libretto, in French) at Gallica