Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
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Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Les Huguenots | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | grand opera ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Les Huguenots, ou La Saint-Barthélemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | events surrounding the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre ⓘ |
| centralEvent | St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Marcel
NERFINISHED
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Marguerite de Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul de Nangis NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Bris NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paris Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1836-02-29 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre | Opéra de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | French grand opera ⓘ |
| historicalContext | French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later 19th-century grand opera repertoire ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Eugène Scribe
NERFINISHED
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Émile Deschamps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria |
Nobles seigneurs, salut!
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Plus blanche que la blanche hermine ⓘ |
| notableEnsemble |
Act II finale
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Act V massacre scene ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
demanding vocal writing
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depiction of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ extensive use of leitmotifs and reminiscence themes ⓘ large-scale choral scenes ⓘ spectacular staging requirements ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| operaNumberInComposerOutput | fourth French grand opera by Meyerbeer ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Parisian grand opera public ⓘ |
| originalTheatreName | Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceHistory | one of the most frequently performed operas of the 19th century ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | François-Antoine Habeneck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Schlesinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| structure | five acts ⓘ |
| theme |
forbidden love
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political intrigue ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfMarcel | bass ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfMarguerite | coloratura soprano ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfRaoul | tenor ⓘ |
| voiceTypeOfValentine | soprano ⓘ |
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Les Huguenots