Beethoven's only opera: a hymn to liberty.
180. Fidelio (Beethoven)
179. Isis (Lully)
Admirers called Isis "l'opéra des musiciens" - but the librettist was exiled from court.
178. L’irato (Méhul)
Méhul plays a musical trick on Napoleon.
The Opera Scribe
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