But how does it compare to Andrew Lloyd Webber?
182. Joseph (Méhul)
Category: opéra-comique
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.
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.
174. Médée (Cherubini)
Médée is something new - and dangerous.
11. Stratonice (Méhul) – REVISED
Napoleon admired Méhul, the leading French composer of the Revolutionary age. This opera about a prince dying from love was one of his greatest successes.
171. Lodoïska (Cherubini)
The first Romantic opera, and the foundation of the 19th century French school.
