Heinz Kern wrote:

>A Brazilian tenor is desperately seeking the French text of Chapelou's
>famous aria from "Le postillon de Lonjumeau" ("Mes amis ecoutez
>l'histoire...").  It is easy to find the German version ("Freunde,
>vernehmet die Geschichte...), but not the original one.  Can anyone help?
>Many thanks

There is a recording on an Audio CD of the aria in French sung by Miguel
Villabella. I know that's not much help if you can't make out the words.

John Dalmas
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