Robert le diable
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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 one of the first grand operas at the Paris Opéra. It has only a superficial connection to the medieval legend of Robert the Devil.
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
Adolphe Nourrit
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Adolphe Nourrit was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Costume designs by Eugène Du Faget for the original production of William Tell: Adolphe Nourrit in the middle, with Laure Cinti-Damoreau left and Nicolas Levasseur right.
Nourrit in the title role of Tarare by Antonio Salieri