La fée Urgèle

La fée Urgèle, ou Ce qui plaît aux dames (The Fairy Urgèle, or What Pleases Women) is an opéra comique (specifically a comédie mêlée d'ariettes) in four acts by the composer Egidio Duni.

The libretto, by Charles-Simon Favart, is based on Voltaire's Ce qui plaît aux dames [fr] and Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale".

The opera was first performed at the Théâtre Royal de la Cour at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 26 October 1765.

It was revived at the Comédie-Italienne on 4 December 1765 and given over 100 times in the following years, popularizing medieval settings for other operas such as André Grétry's Aucassin et Nicolette (1779) and Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784).

The opera was revived at the Opéra Comique for 8 performances from 12–20 April 1991 by Les Arts Florissants ensemble under the baton of Christophe Rousset and with Monique Zanetti in the title role.

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