The Opera du Chateau production
Joseph Quesnel (1746-1809), author-composer of Colas et Colinette, the earliest music-theatre work composed north of the Rio Grande, left a second comedy with music, Lucas et Cecile. A production of Lucas announced late in 1808 in Quebec City apparently never took place, and Quesnel died the following year. The surviving materials are the lyrics and complete vocal parts of 17 musical numbers. A restoration, with orchestration, was published in ...