Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots : An Evangel of Religion and Love
ISBN: 9781443860840
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Fine Arts;

On 29 February 1836, Les Huguenots, a grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), with words by Eug ne Scribe (1791-1861) and emile Deschamps (1791-1871), was performed for the first time, at the Paris Op(r)ra. It was to be one of the most successful productions ever staged at the Op(r)ra, with 1,126 performances in Paris over the next hundred years, and, in the process, breaking all box office records. It became MeyerbeerOCOs most popular work, with thousands of stagings throughout the world. L..."


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