Aimé Maillart - Overture “Les Dragons de Villars“ (1856)

Louis-Aimé Maillart (March 24, 1817 – May 26, 1871) was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars and Lara. Overture “Les Dragons de Villars“ (1856) BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier Les dragons de Villars is an opéra-comique in three acts by Aimé Maillart to a libretto by Lockroy and Eugène Cormon. The story of the opera was said to have been borrowed from La Petite Fadette by Georges Sand, updated by the librettists to the time of Louis XIV. It