A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Philtre, Le

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From volume 2 of the work.

2002565A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Philtre, Le

PHILTRE, LE. Opera in 2 acts; words by Scribe, music by Auber. Produced at the Académie royale June 20, 1831; and in English—'The Love Spell'—at the Olympic, London, Oct. 27 of the same year. The subject is the same as that of the Elisire d'amore of Donizetti. It kept the Paris stage almost without interruption till Jan. 8, 1862, during which period it was played 242 times.

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