Le Huron (The Huron) is a French opéra comique in two acts by André Grétry. The libretto is by Jean-François Marmontel based on the story L'Ingénu (1767) by Voltaire. It was the composer's first big success with Parisian audiences.
It was first performed on 20 August 1768 by the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
It was revived in 2010 and 2011:
The Huron | baritone | Joseph "Giuseppe" Caillot |
Gilotin | tenor | |
An officer | tenor | Jean-Baptiste Guignard, called Clairval |
Saint-Yves | bass | |
Mlle Saint-Yves | soprano | Marie-Thérèse Laruette |
Kerkabon | bass | |
Mlle Kerkabon | soprano | |
Functionary | spoken | |
The story is set in Brittany and concerns a love affair between a local girl and a man raised by the Huron Indians in America.