Béatrice et Bénédict is an opéra comique in two acts by French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the French libretto himself, based in general outline on a subplot in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Wikipedia
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Written: 1862
First performance: August 9, 1862, Theater Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Adapted from: Much Ado About Nothing
Librettist: Hector Berlioz