Les Troyens

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Les Troyens is a grand five-act French opera by Hector Berlioz, inspired by Virgil’s Aeneid and renowned for its epic scale and rich orchestration.

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Les Troyens canonical 1
Les Troyens à Carthage 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French opera
grand opera
opera
alsoKnownAs The Trojans
basedOn Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid
basedOnAuthor Virgil
catalogueNumber H 133
character Anna
Cassandre
Chorèbe
Dido
surface form: Didon

Narbal
Énée
composer Hector Berlioz
compositionEndYear 1858
compositionStartYear 1856
firstCompletePerformanceCity Karlsruhe
firstCompletePerformanceYear 1890
genre epic opera
tragic opera
influencedBy French grand opera tradition
language French
librettist Hector Berlioz
notableAria "Adieu, fière cité"
"Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie"
notableFeature demanding vocal parts
epic scale
large chorus
rich orchestration
notableScene Royal Hunt and Storm
Trojan Horse
surface form: Trojan Horse scene
numberOfActs 5
orchestration large Romantic orchestra
originalStructure five acts
part The Destruction of Troy
surface form: La Prise de Troie

Les Troyens self-linksurface differs
surface form: Les Troyens à Carthage
periodOfComposition mid-19th century
premiereCity Paris
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1863-11-04
premierePlace Théâtre Lyrique
publisher Choudens
setting Carthage
Troy
subject Aeneas’s journey to Carthage
fall of Troy
love of Dido and Aeneas
timePeriod Romantic era

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Hector Berlioz notableWork Les Troyens
Les Troyens part Les Troyens self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Les Troyens à Carthage