Le médecin malgré lui (opera)

[3] On 25 November 1978 the opera received its 100th performance at the Opéra-Comique, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling and with Jean-Philippe Lafont, Jocelyne Taillon and Jules Bastin among the cast.

They find the oblivious wood-cutter drinking (couplet "Qu'ils sont doux"), and force him (trio "Monsieur n'est ce pas"), by blows to admit his imputed profession and go with them (chorus "Nous faisons tous").

Sganarelle puts on an act as a doctor with nonsense words and false treatments (sextet "Eh bien, charmante demoiselle"; finale "Sans nous").

(quintet "Rien n'est capable") Géronte's fury is so great he is about to call for justice and to have Sganarelle hanged, when Léandre announces his father-in-law that he has just inherited a large property from an uncle.

[9] "Gounod is at his best... – an elegant musician, with a charming lyrical gift, a genuine instinct for what may be called 'chamber' drama, and a discreet and well-balanced sense of the orchestra".