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"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud

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193. Le timbre d’argent (Saint-Saëns)

“It’s no longer an opera, it’s a nightmare.” – Saint-Saëns, 1880

Nicholas Fuller 19th century opera, Camille Saint-Saëns, French composers, French opera 10 Comments July 19, 2020October 18, 2023 17 Minutes

192. Euryanthe (Weber)

This chivalric romance is a milestone in the road to Wagnerian music drama.

Nicholas Fuller 19th century opera, Carl Maria von Weber, German composers, German opera 3 Comments June 28, 2020March 19, 2024 9 Minutes

191. Der Freischütz (Weber)

Terror and black magic in a classic German opera.

Nicholas Fuller 19th century opera, Carl Maria von Weber, German composers, German opera 11 Comments June 19, 2020May 25, 2023 9 Minutes

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