In 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution, one of the most popular operas in Paris was Richard Coeur-de-Lion. About a crusader king, the subject matter may give that opera renewed popularity in present day Paris. Not an inconsequential opera, it is regarded as one of the masterpieces composed by Andre Gretry, who is no longer famous.
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