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.
Category: The Classics
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.