L'artisan Explained

L'artisan (The Craftsman) is an opéra comique by Fromental Halévy, to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.^[1]

L'artisan was the first of Halévy's operas to be staged (Opéra-Comique, Paris, 1827).^[2] The trivial plot is set in a shipyard in Antibes. The opera was withdrawn after 14 performances and seems never to have been revived.

Notes and References

1. Book: Everist . Mark . Giacomo Meyerbeer and Music Drama in Nineteenth-Century Paris . 28 April 2023 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-000-93912-5 . en.
2. Book: Letellier . Robert Ignatius . Fuller . Nicholas Lester . Fromental Halévy and His Operas, 1799-1841 . 20 April 2021 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 978-1-5275-6877-8 . 29 . en.