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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, linking Mozart and Wagner. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character". Meyerbeer's gr
Giacomo Meyerbeer, engraving from a photograph by Pierre Petit (1865)
Giacomo Meyerbeer, engraving from a photograph by Pierre Petit (1865)
The young Jacob Beer, portrait by Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1803)
The young Jacob Beer, portrait by Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1803)
Amalie Beer, Meyerbeer's mother, painting by Carl Kretschmar [de], c. 1803
Amalie Beer, Meyerbeer's mother, painting by Carl Kretschmar [de], c. 1803
Gioachino Rossini in 1820
Gioachino Rossini in 1820
Les Huguenots
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Les Huguenots is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in
Giacomo Meyerbeer
…contemporary Hector Berlioz, who claimed that he 'has not only the luck to be talented, but the talent to be lucky.' He was at his peak with his operas Les Huguenots (1836) and Le prophète (1849); his last opera, L'Africaine, was performed posthumously. His operas made him the most frequently performed composer at…
Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act 1 of the 1897 production at the Palais Garnier
Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act 1 of the 1897 production at the Palais Garnier
Giacomo Meyerbeer, portrayed in 1839
Giacomo Meyerbeer, portrayed in 1839
Pol Plançon as the Comte de St. Bris in 1894 at the Metropolitan Opera house
Pol Plançon as the Comte de St. Bris in 1894 at the Metropolitan Opera house
Prosper Dérivis as Nevers
Prosper Dérivis as Nevers