Nicolas Dezède

Nicolas-Alexandre Dezède (c.1740 in Lyon – 11 September 1798, in Paris) was an 18th-century French composer born from unknown parents.

Dezède presented a great many number of opéras comiques, of which several were popular, at the Théâtre italien de Paris. He served the Duke des Deux-Ponts from 1749 to 1790. A freemason, he was initiated at the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs in Paris. Mozart and Beethoven both wrote variations on  themes by Dezède.

His daughter Florine Dezède composed the opera Lucette et Lucas.

Main operas

 * 1772: Julie (28 September) ;
 * 1777: Les Trois Fermiers ;
 * 1783: Blaise et Babet ;
 * 1784: Le Véritable Figaro ;
 * 1785: Alexis et Justine.