Nina, ou La folle par amour (Nina, or The Woman Crazed with Love) is an opera in one act by the French composer Nicolas Dalayrac. It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on May 15, 1786. The libretto, by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier des Vivetières, is based on a short story by Baculard d'Arnaud. Nina was a popular success. Its most famous aria, Quand le bien-aimé reviendra ("When my sweetheart returns to me"), is mentioned by Hector Be...
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Nina, ou La folle par amour
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Nicolas Dalayrac
Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, known as Nicolas Dalayrac (born June 8, 1753 in Muret, Haute-Garonne, France; died November 26, 1809, in Paris), was a French composer, best known for his opéras-comiques.
Trained as a lawyer, Dalayrac was encouraged by his father to abandon his career and follow his...
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