Adolphe Nourrit
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Adolphe Nourrit was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Costume designs by Eugène Du Faget for the original production of William Tell: Adolphe Nourrit in the middle, with Laure Cinti-Damoreau left and Nicolas Levasseur right.
Nourrit in the title role of Tarare by Antonio Salieri
La muette de Portici
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La muette de Portici, also called Masaniello in some versions, is an opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Germain Delavigne, revised by Eugène Scribe.
Anna Pavlova in the mute title role
The Théâtre de la Monnaie (Muntschouwburg) where the performance of 25 August 1830 sparked riots leading to the Belgian Revolution
La muette de Portici, the eruption of the volcano, 1893 production