Is it the noisiest opera of all time?
61. Fernand Cortez (Spontini) – REVISED
Category: French opera
49. La vestale (Spontini) – REVISED
French grand opera begins.
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.
179. Isis (Lully)
Admirers called Isis "l'opéra des musiciens" - but the librettist was exiled from court.
178. L’irato (Méhul)
Méhul plays a musical trick on Napoleon.
177. Le calife de Bagdad (Boieldieu)
A ruler in disguise, a brigand chief, a wicked emir, and a beautiful maiden in this Arabian Nights fantasy.
