Born: February 8, 1741, Liège, Bel­gium.

Died: September 24, 1813, at l’Ér­mi­tage, near Mont­mo­rency, France.

Grétry is re­mem­bered pri­mar­i­ly as a com­pos­er of op­er­as. Two of his best known works are Zé­mire et Azor (1771) and Ri­chard Cœur de Li­on (1784).

Sources

Music

  1. Landås

If you know Grétry’s bur­i­ial place