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Opra-comiqueThe Opra-Comique is an opera house in Paris. The Opra-Comique company was established in 1714 to offer French opera as an alternative to Italian opera that then dominated the continent. Productions at the Opra-Comique distinguished from those at the Opra by their less formal requirements. French opra comique, in the 19th century at least, did not have to be comic; the term covered a much wider category of work. Notable composers in the history of Opra-Comique include Auber, Halvy, Berlioz and Bizet. Opra-Comique staged the first performance of Bizet's Carmen. Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust received its ill-fated premire on 6 December 1846 at the Opra-Comique. It was one of the worst setbacks in his career, leaving him heavily in debt and profoundly affecting his attitude to the performance of his music in Paris. External link
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