The following is a list of operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864).

List of operas

Operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Title Genre Language Acts Libretto Premiere Notes
Date Venue
Der Admiral, oder der verlorne Prozesscomic operaGermanWritten 1811, never performed[1]
Jephtas GelübdeErnsthafte Oper (Singspiel)[2]German3 actsAloys Schreiber, based on the biblical story of Jephthah23 December 1812Hoftheater, Munich
Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz ErnstLustspiel mit GesangGerman2 acts Johann Gottfried Wollbrück6 January 1813StuttgartProduced in Vienna in 1814 as Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen
Das Brandenburger TorSingspielGerman1 act Johann Emanuel Veith7 August 1814Schauspielhaus Berlin
Romilda e Costanzamelodramma semiserio[3]ItalianGaetano Rossi19 July 1817Padua
Semiramide riconosciutadramma per musica[4]Italian2 actsGaetano Rossi, after Metastasio[5]3 February 1819[6]Teatro Regio, Turin
Emma di Resburgomelodramma eroico[7]ItalianGaetano Rossi26 June 1819Teatro San Benedetto, Venice
Margherita d'Anjoumelodramma semiserioItalian2 actsFelice Romani after René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt14 November 1820La Scala, MilanRevised 1826 for Paris.
L'AlmanzoreItalianGaetano RossiUnperformedProbably composed 1820–21; intended for the Teatro Argentina in Rome but never performed there. Believed to have been unfinished; it is also possible that its music was used in L'esule di Granata
L'esule di GranatamelodrammaItalian2 actsFelice Romani12 March 1822La Scala, Milan
Il crociato in EgittomelodrammaItalian2 actsGaetano Rossi7 March 1824La Fenice, VeniceFrequently revised by Meyerbeer
Ines de Castromelodramma tragico[8]ItalianSalvatore Cammarano[9] drafts from 1825Commissioned by Teatro San Carlo, Naples, for 1826, but never completed.[10][8]>
Robert le diablegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe and Casimir Delavigne21 November 1831Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier
Les Huguenotsgrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps29 February 1836Paris Opéra, Salle Le PeletierSometimes staged during the 19th century under other titles such as The Guelfs and the Ghibellines or The Anglicans and the Puritans (see the article on the opera)
Ein Feldlager in SchlesienSingspielGerman3 actsLudwig Rellstab after Eugène Scribe7 December 1844Hofoper, BerlinRevised as Vielka, Vienna, 18 February 1847
Le prophètegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe16 April 1849Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier
L'étoile du nordopéra comiqueFrench3 actsEugène Scribe16 February 1854Opéra-Comique, ParisPartly based on the earlier Feldlager in Schlesien; revised in Italian, London, Covent Garden, 19 July 1855
Le pardon de Ploërmel
(more commonly performed as Dinorah)		opéra comiqueFrench3 actsJules Barbier and Michel Carré4 April 1859Opéra-Comique, ParisRevised in Italian as Dinorah, Covent Garden, London, 26 July 1859
L'Africainegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe28 April 1865Paris Opéra, Salle Le PeletierPerformed posthumously in an edition by François-Joseph Fétis.

Notes and sources

Giacomo Meyerbeer surrounded by characters from his most famous operas. From left to right: Nélusko and Sélika (L'Africaine); Alice, Robert and Bertram (Robert le diable); Fidès, Jean de Leyden and the three anabaptistes (Le prophète); Valentine, Raoul and Marcel (Les Huguenots)

Notes

  1. ↑ Becker (1980), 246
  2. ↑ Letellier, pp. 24-25.
  3. ↑ Letellier, 50.
  4. ↑ Letellier, 57.
  5. ↑ Huebner, 369.
  6. ↑ Anon. n.d.
  7. ↑ Letellier, 61.
  8. 1 2 Meyerbeer (1960–2006), II 577
  9. ↑ Meyerbeer (1960–2006), II 694
  10. ↑ Becker (1989), 39

Sources

  • Anon. (n.d.). "Music and history by the year: 1819". MusicAndHistory.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  • Becker, Heinz (1980). "Meyerbeer [Meyer Beer], Giacomo [Jakob Liebmann]". In Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 12, 246–256. London: Macmillan
  • Becker, Heinz and Gudrun Becker, tr. Mark Violette (1989). Giacomo Meyerbeer, a Life in Letters. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-0230-4.
  • Huebner, Steven (1992). "Meyerbeer, Giacomo". In Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4: 366–371. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-228-9.
  • Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2006). The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Cranbury: Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-8386-4093-7
  • Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1960–2006). Briefwechsel und Tagebücher (8 vols.). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter.
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