La fausse esclave ("The False Slave") is an opéra comique in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It has a French-language libretto based on Louis Anseaume and Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville’s libretto for La fausse aventurière (The False Adventuress), an opéra comique by Jean Louis Laruette. It was first performed on 8 January 1758 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The full score is lost, but a keyboard version is extant.
| Original Name | La fausse esclave |
| Librettist | (based on Louis Anseaume and Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville’s libretto for La fausse aventurière (The False Adventuress)) |
| Date of composition | 1758 |
| Premiered | 1758, January 8th (Burgtheater) in Vienna, Austria |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Wq. 24 |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Agathe
Voice (Soprano) - Lisette Voice (Tenor) - Valère Voice (Baritone) - Chrisante Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Christoph Willibald Gluck: "The False Slave", Wq. 24 Christoph Willibald Gluck: "The False Slave", Wq. 24 Christoph Willibald Gluck: "The False Slave", Wq. 24 |