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 [log in to unmask]