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Jean-Louis Laruette.
Portrait by François-Rolland Elluin.

Jean-Louis Laruette (7 March 1731 - 10 January 1792) was a French opera singer and composer, who was born and died. A popular interpreter of haute-contre roles, he first performed on stage at the Theatre de la Foire Saint-Laurent in 1752 before moving to the Comédie-Italienne in 1762 and the Theatre de Beaujolais in 1787.

He was married to the singer

Operas

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Title Number of acts Librettist(s) Première date Theatre
Le plaisir et l'innocence 1 Parmentier 14 August 1753 Foire Saint-Laurent
Le boulevard 1 Louis Anseaume and Farin de Hautemer 24 August 1753 Foire Saint-Laurent
Les amants trompés 1 Louis Anseaume 26 July 1756 Foire Saint-Laurent
La fausse aventurière 2 Louis Anseaume and Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville 22 March 1757 Foire Saint-Germain
Le docteur Sangrado 1 Foire Saint-Germain
L'heureux déguisement ou la gouvernante supposée 2 Foire Saint-Laurent
Le medécin de l'amour 1 Anseaume and Marcouville 22 September 1758 Foire Saint-Laurent
Cendrillon 1 Foire Saint-Germain

Sources

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Bertil van Boer Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period p. 332