Le cœur et la main
Three-act opéra comique by Charles Lecocq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Le cœur et la main (French for 'The Heart and the Hand') is a three-act opéra comique with music by Charles Lecocq and words by Charles Nuitter and Alexandre Beaume. It was first performed on 19 October 1882 at the Théâtre de Nouveautés, Paris.
The plot revolves around an arranged royal marriage and the determination of the reluctant bridegroom to subvert it. He eventually finds that his royal bride is in fact the woman he has fallen in love with while unaware of her real identity.