"Who composed the 1862 opera ""Beatrice et Benedict'?"
Béatrice et Bénédict truce is signed, we'll be enemies again tomorrow". There are several recordings of the opera. The overture, which refers to several passages in the opera without becoming a pot-pourri, is heard on its own in concerts and has been recorded many times. Béatrice et Bénédict Béatrice et Bénédict ("Beatrice and Benedick") is an opéra comique in two acts by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the French libretto himself, based closely on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing". Berlioz had been interested in setting Shakespeare's comedy since his return from Italy in 1833, but only composed the score of "Béatrice et Bénédict" following
Beatrice Chancy is the multiracial daughter of Francis Chancy, a brutish white slave owner, and Mafa, a Guinean slave woman who was raped by Francis. After Francis forces Beatrice into an incestuous encounter in a monastery, Beatrice and Mafa conspire to murder him. The opera was reprised in Toronto in 1999, again with Brueggergosman in the title role, and filmed for television by the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Beatrice Chancy Beatrice Chancy is a Canadian chamber opera in four acts composed by James Rolfe. The libretto by George Elliott Clarke is based on his verse play of the same name. The opera was