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
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire.
Portrait of Daniel Auber, 1827, by Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot
Auber's father, c. 1806
Auber, c. 1830
Le Cheval de bronze, 1835