THE MAID OF ARTOIS

See the following reviews:

WEBBER, Christopher,The Maid of Artois, in www.zarzuela.net
http://www.zarzuela.net/cd/cdmag/cdmag070.htm

FIFIELD, Christopher, Sobre The Maid of Artois, de William Balfe
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/dec05/Balfe_2042-3.htm

Grabación en CD:

Opera: The Maid of Artois, a romantic English Opera in thee acts, first performed, 27 May 1836, Royal Theatre, Drury Lane, London.
Libretto: Alfred Bunn
Ouverture
Orchestra: Victorian Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Philip Mackenzie

The Maid of Artois was written for the great Maria Malibran when she lived in England. Malibran also called Balfe 'The english Rossini'.