175 years ago today, Le Prophète was first performed. “People of my father’s generation would rather have doubted the solar system than the supremacy of Le Prophète over all other operas.” - Reynaldo Hahn.
288. Le Prophète (Meyerbeer)
Category: Giacomo Meyerbeer
203. Jephtas Gelübde (Meyerbeer)
Giacomo Meyerbeer's first opera, based on an Old Testament story.
198. Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer)
The greatest opera of the 19th century?
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