Les mariages samnites
# Les mariages samnites

Les Mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages) is an opéra comique, described as a drame lyrique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by Barnabé Farmian Durosoy based on a work by Jean François Marmontel.

## Performance history

It was first performed on 12 June 1776 by the Comédie-Italienne (with which the Opéra-Comique was merged at that time) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.

## Roles

| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 12 June 1776 (Conductor: - ) |
| - | - | - |
| Agathis, in love with Céphalide | tenor | Jean-Baptiste Guignard, called Clairval |
| Parmenon, friend of Agathis | tenor | M Julien |
| Eumene, father of Agathis | basse-taille (bass-baritone) | Pierre-Marie Narbonne |
| Céphalide | soprano | Marie-Jean Trial, née Milon |
| Éliane, friend of Céphalide | soprano | Marie-Thérèse-Théodore Rombocoli-Riggieri, called 'Mlle Colombe l'Aînée' |
| Euphémie, mother of Céphalide | soprano | Louise-Frédérique Moulinghen, née Schrœder |
| The Chief of the Elders | basse-taille | Philippe-Thomas Ménier (also spelt Meunier) |
| The General | | M Labussière |
| Two Samnite girls | | Sophie Dufayel (ainée) and Marie Desbrosses |
