Le maître de chapelle
Le maître de chapelle, ou Le souper imprévu ("The Chapelmaster, or The Unexpected Supper") is an opéra comique in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The French libretto, by Sophie Gay, is based on "Le souper imprévu, ou Le chanoine de Milan" by Alexandre Duval (1796).

"Le maître de chapelle" was premiered by the Opéra-Comique at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris on 29 March 1821 with the famous baritone Jean-Blaise Martin as Barnabé. By 1900 the work had been performed by the Opéra-Comique over 430 times. It was given at the Royal Opera in London on 13 June 1845, and at the Théâtre d'Orléans, New Orleans on 21 November 1848.

It became Paer's most popular work, albeit usually performed in an abridged version of only the first act.
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New Orleans
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