A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Songe d'un Nuit d'Êté, Le

by George Grove

SONGE D'UNE NUIT D'ÉTÉ, LE (A Midsummer Night's Dream). A comic opera in 3 acts, a gross caricature of scenes in the life of Queen Elizabeth and Shakspeare, with no relation to his play. The words are by Rosier and De Leuven, and the music by Ambroise Thomas and it was produced at the Opéra Comique April 20, 1850.

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