''Midas'' is a burletta, or 'mock

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...

', by

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. Originally performed privately in 1760 near

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, it was revised and expanded with the encouragement of Lord Mornington, and was presented in its new form in

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in 1762 and at Covent Garden Theatre,

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in 1764 (where it was performed over 200 times in the next 35 years). It was staged at the Theatres Royal around 1784. ''

Le jugement de Midas ''Le Jugement de Midas'' (''The Judgement of Midas'') is a French ''comédie mêlée d'ariettes'' (a kind of ''opéra comique''), in three acts by André Grétry dedicated to Madame de Montesson. It was first performed, with amateur singers, on 28 ...

'' is an opera by

André Grétry André Ernest Modeste Grétry (; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous ...

based on O'Hara's work.

Bibliography

*Rachel Talbot: "The Influence of the Paris Stage on Kane O'Hara's ''Midas''", in
''Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland'', vol. 12 (2016–17), p. 33–66

References

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