La double épreuve, ou Colinette à la cour, is a comédie lyrique (comic opera) in three acts written by André Grétry in 1782 to a French libretto by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, based on Charles Simon Favart's .Bartlet 1992.
Performance history It was first performed on 1 January 1782 by the Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and included choreography by Maximilien Gardel.Pitou, vol. 1 (1983), p. 30 (theatre); vol. 2 (1985), pp. 169–170, 568 (choreographer).
Roles RoleVoice typePremiere Cast, 1 January 1782According to the original libretto and Pitou 1985, vol. 2, p. 170.(Conductor: - )Prince Alphonse, Duke of Milan tenorÉtienne LainezCountess Amelie sopranoMarie-Josephine LaguerreJulien, in love with Colinette basse-taille (bass-baritone)Auguste-Athanase (Augustin) ChéronColinette sopranoJosèphe-Eulalie AudinotBastien, in love with Justine baritoneFrançois Lays (also spelled Lay or Laïs)Justine soprano "l'aînée"Mathurine, Justine's mother sopranoSuzanne JoinvilleThe bailiff haute-contreLes spectacles de Paris, ou calendrier historique & chronologique des Théatres ..., 27th volume, Paris, Duchesne, 1777, p. 13.M Tirot (also spelled Thirot)A shepherd ??A shepherdess sopranoMlle RosalieA gipsy baritoneFrançois LaysA gipsy woman sopranoAnne-Marie Jeanne Gavaudan "aînée"A child, representing Cupid sopranoMlle NanineA boy of the village ?M TouvoisFabrice, a confidant of the Prince basse-taille (bass-baritone)M. MoreauA lady-in-waiting sopranoGertrude GirardinAn old man haute-contreLes spectacles de Paris, ou calendrier historique & chronologique des Théatres ..., 27th volume, Paris, Duchesne, 1777, p. 15.M Jalaguier
References Notes
Sources Original libretto: La Double Épreuve, ou Colinette à la cour, comédie lyrique en trois actes, Paris, De Lormel, 1782 (accessible online in books google) Bartlet, M Elizabeth C (1992), 'Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste' (work-list) in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) Bibliographic summary André E. M. Grétry Opera Score Collection Pitou, Spire (1983–1990). The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers (3 volumes). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. .