Joseph Méry
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Joseph Méry was a French writer, journalist, novelist, poet, playwright and librettist.
Studio portrait of Joseph Méry c.1860
Herculanum (opera)
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Herculanum is a grand opera with music by Félicien David and a French text by Joseph Méry and Térence Hadot. It had its first performance in Paris at the Théâtre Impérial de l'Opéra on 4 March 1859. L
Joseph Méry
…Jacques Offenbach: Le décaméron, ou La grotte d'azur; Entrez, messieurs, mesdames; Trafalgar – Sur un volcan (one-act comic operas) 1859: Félicien David: Herculanum, four-act opera 1860: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide, four-act opera…
Woodburytype of Félicien David
Adelaide Borghi-Mamo, who created the role of Olympia
Terrazza del palazzo di Olympia, set design for Herculanum act 4 scene 2 (1859).
Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum,by John Martin