Comte Ory, Le
Comte Ory, Le (Count Ory). Opera buffa in 2 acts by Rossini to lib. by Scribe and Delestre-Poirson. Prod. Paris 1828, London 1829, New Orleans 1830. One of Rossini's 2 Fr. operas. It uses much mus. comp. in 1825 for Il viaggio a Reims. Revived Florence 1952, Edinburgh 1954 (Glyndebourne co.), Glyndebourne 1955.
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