page_title: Clairval
hierarchical_section_title: Clairval
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: vignette représentant Clairval et son fameux chapeau
context_page_description: Clairval, real name Jean-Baptiste Guignard, was an 18th-century French operatic singer, comedian and librettist.
  He played with the same authority drama, comedy and opera, in a considerable number of roles. Among the most notable were:
  1765: Tom Jones by Philidor
  1765: La fée Urgèle by Egidio Duni
  1768: Le Huron, by Grétry
  1769: Le tableau parlant, by Grétry
  1769: Le déserteur, by Monsigny
  1771: Zémire et Azor, by Grétry
  This opéra comique was a version of Beauty and the Beast imagined by Marmontel, where Clairval had to become ugly; but he refused to don the first scheduled disguise: an animal fur. This role was one of his best success.
  1776: Les mariages samnites, by Grétry
  1778: L'amant jaloux, by Grétry
  1779: Aucassin et Nicolette, by Grétry
  1781: Les maris corrigés, comedy in verse by La Chabeaussière
  1784: Richard Cœur-de-Lion, by Grétry
  1785: L'amant statue, by Nicolas Dalayrac
  1791: L'aristocrate ou le convalescent de qualité, by Fabre d'Églantine
  This role earned Clairval the nickname "Molé of the Comédie-italienne".
context_section_description: Clairval, real name Jean-Baptiste Guignard, (27 April 1735, Étampes – 1795, Paris) was an 18th-century French operatic singer (tenor), comedian and librettist.
  He played with the same authority drama, comedy and opera, in a considerable number of roles. Among the most notable were:
  1765: Tom Jones (part of Tom Jones) by Philidor
  1765: La fée Urgèle (part of Robert, a knight) by Egidio Duni
  1768: Le Huron (an officer), by Grétry
  1769: Le tableau parlant (part of Pierrot), by Grétry
  1769: Le déserteur (part of Montauciel), by Monsigny
  1771: Zémire et Azor, (part of Azor), by Grétry
  This opéra comique was a version of Beauty and the Beast imagined by Marmontel, where Clairval had to become ugly; but he refused to don the first scheduled disguise: an animal fur. This role was one of his best success.
  1776: Les mariages samnites (part of Agathis), by Grétry
  1778: L'amant jaloux, (part of Don Alonze), by Grétry
  1779: Aucassin et Nicolette (Aucassin), by Grétry
  1781: Les maris corrigés (part of Germival), comedy in verse by La Chabeaussière
  1784: Richard Cœur-de-Lion, (part of Blondel, in which he excelled), by Grétry
  1785: L'amant statue, (part of M. Michu), by Nicolas Dalayrac
  1791: L'aristocrate ou le convalescent de qualité, by Fabre d'Églantine (28 January)
  This role earned Clairval the nickname "Molé of the Comédie-italienne".
caption: Clairval wearing a costume
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