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.
181. Uthal (Méhul)
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180. Fidelio (Beethoven)
Beethoven's only opera: a hymn to liberty.
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.
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.
176. La Cenerentola (Rossini)
For Rossini's 57th birthday: One of his finest operas.
175. Adrien (Méhul)
Royalism and Ancient Rome in a Revolutionary opera.
