- Cucuel, Georges. “Sources et documents pour servir a l’histoire de l’Opéra-
Comique en France.” L’année musicale3 (1913): 247–282.
Descriptions of manuscripts and unpublished documents on les foiresand
other precursors of the Opéra-Comique. Also print sources: memoirs, theoret-
ical texts, official publications. - Desboulmiers, Jean Auguste Julien. Histoire du Théâtre de l’Opéra-
Comique... Paris: Lacombe, 1769. 2v. ML1727.8 .P2 D44.
An inventory with commentary of works performed 1712–1761, with a list of
performers and their roles. - Cancelled entry.
- Pougin, Arthur. L’Opéra-Comique pendant la Révolution de 1788 à 1801.
Paris: A. Savine 1891. 337p. Reprint, Geneva: Minkoff, 1973. ISBN 2-8266-
0656-7. ML1727.3 .P85.
A year-by-year record of performances, business transactions, and official doc-
uments. Material is drawn from the registresof the Comédie Italien, predeces-
sor of the Opéra-Comique. The approach is scholarly but without notes or
index. - Soubies, Albert, and Charles Malherbe. Histoire de l’Opéra-Comique. La sec-
onde Salle Favart, 1840–1887. Paris: Flammarion, 1892–1893. 709 columns.
Reprint, Geneva: Minkoff, 1974. ISBN 2-8266-0629-8. ML1727.8 .P2 S6.
Detailed and scholarly study of the company and the building it occupied until
the fire of 1887. Repertoire, personnel, finances, documents, and list of works
performed. - Soubies, Albert. Soixante-neuf ans à l’Opéra-Comique en deux pages. Paris:
Fischbacher, 1894. x, 30p. plus 2 folded leaves of plates.
A tabular presentation of the repertoire, with premiere dates and number of
performances for each work, by season, 1825–1894. - Wolff, Stéphane. Un demi-siècle d’Opéra-Comique (1900–1950); les oeuvres,
les interprètes. Paris: André Bonne, 1953. 339p. ML1717.8 .P22 O79.
A list of 401 works by 206 composers, arranged by title. Names of performers,
total number of performances, and data on premieres and on selected later
presentations. Names of about 2,500 artists, with facts on their debuts and
other roles they sang or danced. List of ballet masters, directors, electricians,
etc. - Charlton, David. “Orchestra and Chorus at the Comédie-Italien (Opéra-
Comique), 1775–1799.” In Slavonic and Western Music: Essays for Gerald
Abraham,ed. Malcolm Hamrick, 87–108 (Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research,
1985; ML55 .A18).
A study of two sources: the registresof the Comédie-Italien, 1717–1832, and
Les spectacles de Paris,which were annual guides to music and theaters. These
were the registresthat served as the main source for Pougin (#2316) and were
organized by Brenner (#2323). Among the topics are the way a musician
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