 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 Farmain de Rosoi based on a work by Jean François Marmontel.It was first performed on 12 June 1776 by the Comédie-Italienne (the name of the Opéra-Comique at that time) at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.