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Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Le cadi dupé

Le cadi dupé (The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge) is an opéra comique in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It has a French-language libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier. It premiered at the

Synopsis#

The Cadi has been flirting with other women and neglecting his wife, Fatima. The mischievous Zelmire, who is in love with Nuradin, tricks the Cadi in order to teach him a lesson. She pretends to be Omar’s daughter, Ali, who is considered less than desirable. The duped Cadi plans to divorce Fatima in order to marry the pretending Zelmire, but the truth is eventually revealed.

References#

;Notes ;Bibliography *Original libretto: Le Cadi dupé, Opera-comique en un acte mêlé d’Ariettes, Vienne, Ghelen, 1761 (a copy at books-google) *Bruce Alan Brown, Cadi dupé, Le, in Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Grove (Oxford University Press), New York, 1997, I, p. 675,

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Christoph Willibald von Gluck