Robert le diable is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831, to a libretto written in French by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne. Robert le diable is regarded as o
Set for Act III in the première
Meyerbeer, c. 1825, shortly before he commenced working on Robert.
Poster for the 1831 first performance
Act 3 scene 2 of Robert at the Paris Opéra (Salle Le Peletier), 1831
The Salle Le Peletier or Lepeletier was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debre
The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, the official title of the Paris Opera c. 1821
Performance of Charles-Simon Catel's opera Les bayadères for the inauguration of the Paris Opera's Salle Le Peletier on 16 August 1821
The ballet Giselle during a state visit of Tsar Alexander II (4 June 1867)
The Principal Ballerinas of the Paris Opera (clockwise from top left): Lise Noblet, Marie Taglioni, Mlle Julia [de Varennes], Alexis Dupont (née Félicité Noblet, she used the name of her husband Alexis Dupont), Amélie Legallois, and Pauline Montessu, premiers sujets in 1831.