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''Francesca di Foix'' is a ''melodramma giocoso'' (comic opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti with a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on one by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Mercier-Dupaty for Henri Montan Berton's 3-act opéra-comique ''Françoise de Foix'', inspired by the life of Françoise de Foix.〔Ashbrook 1982, p. 551, and Osborne 1994, p. 200. Berton's opera was first performed on 28 January 1809 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Feydeau. It continued to be performed there until 1825 (Wild and Charlton 2005, p. 264). Smart & Budden 2001, as well as Ashbrook 1992, say Gilardoni's libretto was based on Charles-Simon Favart's libretto ''Ninette à la cour'' as adapted for Louis Joseph Saint-Amans' 2-act opéra-comique, performed in 1791 at the Salle Favart (Cook 1992, p. 125). Favart's libretto was first written in 3 acts and performed as ''Le caprice amoureux, ou Ninette à la cour'' by the Théâtre-Italien with music by diverse composers on 12 February 1755. It was a parody of Vincenzo Ciampi's 2-act intermède ''Bertoldo in corte'', an Italian opera buffa which had first been performed by Bambini's company at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 22 November 1753 as part of the ''Guerre des Bouffons'' (Pitou 1985, vol. 2, pp. 116, 564). Favart's libretto was also revised by Auguste Creuzé de Lesser as the 2-act opéra-comique ''Ninette à la cour, ou Le retour au village'' with music by Henri-François Berton, first presented on 21 December 1811 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Feydeau, where it was kept in repertory for two years (Wild and Charlton 2005, p. 341).〕 It received its first performance on 30 May 1831 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. ==Performance history== Seldom performed today, the opera is chiefly known for having provided segments to other Donizetti operas, including ''Ugo, conte di Parigi'', ''L'elisir d'amore'' and ''Gabriella di Vergy'' although a complete recording exists on the ''Opera Rara'' label. However, it was given in London in November 2013, along with Debussy's ''L'enfant prodigue'' as a double bill, at the Guildhall School of Music. 〔("''L'enfant prodigue'' and ''Francesca di Foix'' at Guildhall" ), on capricciomusic.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesca di Foix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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