''Sancho Pança dans son isle'' is a 1762 French-language opera in one act by

François-André Danican Philidor François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the ''opéra comique''. ...

to a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet, nicknamed "le jeune", (17 November 1735 in Fontainebleau – 7 June 1769, drowned in the Guadalquivir, in Córdoba) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist. Born in a family long attached to the s ...

based on

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

' ''

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

''. It premiered at the

Comédie-Italienne Comédie-Italienne () or Théâtre-Italien () are French names which have been used to refer to Italian-language theatre and opera when performed in France. The earliest recorded visits by Italian players were ''commedia dell'arte'' companies ...

on 8 July 1762.David Charlton. ''Grétry and the Growth of Opéra-comique'' (1986) p. 70: " Grétry's handling of all four is exemplary and forms the best comedy in the genre since Philidor's ''Sancbo Pança'' (1762)."

Recording

* ''Sancho Pança'' Opera Lafayette Naxos

References

External links

* Operas by François-André Danican Philidor 1762 operas French-language operas Operas based on Don Quixote One-act operas Operas {{opera-stub