Le cadi dupé (The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge) is an opéra comique in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It has a French-language libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 8 December 1761. The libretto had already been set by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny in an opera that had premiered on 4 February of the same year at the Paris Foire St-Germain.
| Original Name | Le cadi dupé |
| Librettist | Pierre-René Lemonnier |
| Date of composition | 1761 |
| Premiered | 1761, December 8th (Burgtheater) in Vienna, Austria |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Wq. 29 |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Bass-Baritone)
- Cadi, the judge
Voice (Soprano) - Fatime, Cadi's wife Voice (Soprano) - Zelmire Voice (Haute-contre) - Nouradin Voice (Bass-Baritone) - Omar, a dyer Voice (Tenor) - Travesti ; Ali, Omar's daughter Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - An Aga, or Lieutenant of the Cadi Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Christoph Willibald Gluck: The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge, Wq. 29 Christoph Willibald Gluck: The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge, Wq. 29 Christoph Willibald Gluck: The Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge, Wq. 29 |