List of operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer

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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 VenueDer Admiral, oder der verlorne Prozesscomic operaGermanWritten 1811, never performedBecker (1980), 246Jephtas GelübdeErnsthafte Oper (Singspiel)Letellier, pp. 24-25.German3 actsAloys Schreiber, based on the biblical story of JephthahHoftheater, MunichWirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz ErnstLustspiel mit GesangGerman2 acts Johann Gottfried Wollbrück6 January 1813StuttgartProduced in Vienna in 1814 as Alimelek, oder Die beiden KalifenSingspielGerman1 act Johann Emanuel Veith7 August 1814Schauspielhaus BerlinRomilda e Costanzamelodramma semiserioLetellier, 50.Italian2 actsGaetano Rossi19 July 1817PaduaSemiramide riconosciutadramma per musicaLetellier, 57.Italian2 actsGaetano Rossi, after MetastasioHuebner, 369.3 February 1819Teatro Regio, TurinEmma di Resburgomelodramma eroicoLetellier, 61.Italian2 actsGaetano Rossi26 June 1819Teatro San Benedetto, VeniceMargherita 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 GranataL'esule di GranatamelodrammaItalian2 actsFelice Romani12 March 1822La Scala, MilanIl crociato in EgittomelodrammaItalian2 actsGaetano Rossi7 March 1824La Fenice, VeniceFrequently revised by MeyerbeerInes de Castromelodramma tragicoMeyerbeer (1960–2006), II 577ItalianSalvatore CammaranoMeyerbeer (1960–2006), II 694 drafts from 1825Commissioned by Teatro San Carlo, Naples, for 1826, but never completed.Becker (1989), 39Robert le diablegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe and Casimir Delavigne21 November 1831Paris Opéra, 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 1847Le prophètegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe16 April 1849Paris Opéra, Salle Le PeletierL'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 1855Le 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 1859L'Africainegrand operaFrench5 actsEugène Scribe28 April 1865Paris Opéra, Salle Le PeletierPerformed posthumously in an edition by François-Joseph Fétis.

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Sources

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. . Huebner, Steven (1992). "Meyerbeer, Giacomo". In Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4: 366–371. London: Macmillan. . Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2006). The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Cranbury: Associated University Presses. Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1960–2006). Briefwechsel und Tagebücher (8 vols.). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter.

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