L'épreuve villageoise

L’épreuve villageoise (Trial in a Village) is an opéra bouffon in two acts by André Grétry to a French libretto by Pierre Desforges.

It is a revision of a work called Théodore et Paulin, which was performed once at Versailles on 5 March 1784 but never published.

[1] The Théâtre Lyrique mounted a revival (presumably in the version by Auber) on 11 September 1863 at their theatre on the Place du Châtelet (today known as the Théâtre de la Ville), where it was performed for two seasons for a total of 48 representations.

[2] It was performed in New York, NY, USA on 27 and 28 May 2015 by the Opera Lafayette company at the French Institute Alliance Francaise.

Another performance in Washington, DC, USA on 30 May 2015 was held at the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center.