“It’s no longer an opera, it’s a nightmare.” – Saint-Saëns, 1880
193. Le timbre d’argent (Saint-Saëns)
Category: French composers
182. Joseph (Méhul)
But how does it compare to Andrew Lloyd Webber?
181. Uthal (Méhul)
Méhul's Ossianic opera is a Scotch broth of storm-tossed forests, wronged lairds, hardy lasses, bards, and warriors; an exercise in mood and atmosphere. And not a violin to be heard.
