Le prophète
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Le prophète is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, which was premiered in Paris on 16 April 1849. The French-language libretto was by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, after passages from the Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations by Voltaire. The plot is based on the life of John of Leiden, Anabaptist leader and self-proclaimed "King of Münster" in the 16th century.
Act 4, scene 2, of the original production, set design by Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry
Giacomo Meyerbeer, portrayed in 1847
Gustave-Hippolyte Roger as Jean de Leyde in the original production of Le prophète
Jeanne-Anaïs Castellan as Berthe in the original production of Le prophète
James McCracken
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James McCracken was an American operatic tenor. At the time of his death The New York Times stated that McCracken was "the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s and 1970s."
