Ever since I heard this song on Ayako Takagi's CD "Sicilienne," I thought it was a good song, but I hadn't really looked into it, so I decided to look into it a bit. François Bazin's comic opera "Monsieur Patrin" (1856) is often performed, but the "Romance" from it is rarely performed these days...
Further display Romance - From the opera "Mr. Patran"