Introduction
Born: February 8, 1741, Liège, Belgium.
Died: September 24, 1813, l’Érmitage, near Montmorency, France.
Buried: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
Born: February 8, 1741, Liège, Belgium.
Died: September 24, 1813, l’Érmitage, near Montmorency, France.
Buried: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
Grétry is remembered primarily as a composer of operas. Two of his best known are Zémire et Azor (1771) and Richard Cœur de Lion (1784).