Admirers called Isis "l'opéra des musiciens" - but the librettist was exiled from court.
179. Isis (Lully)
Category: The Classics
175. Adrien (Méhul)
Royalism and Ancient Rome in a Revolutionary opera.
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.
172. La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
Mozart's Metastasian opera seria is one of his best works.
164. Les Horaces (Salieri)
Patriotism and self-sacrifice in Salieri's austere music drama.
82. Œdipe à Colone (Sacchini) – REVISED
The best opera of 1786.
