Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) is an Italian opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile ...

In the first half of the 19th century, Giacomo Meyerbeer was perhaps the world's most successful opera composer, pioneering on-stage theatrics as he worked comfortably across European cultures.

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON ­— With so many arts groups cutting back these days, and everyone making a virtue of thriftiness, it was jaw dropping to encounter the lavishness of Meyerbeer's opera "The ...

“Les Huguenots” sealed Meyerbeer’s position as the leading composer of grand opéra, a large-scale dramatic form that fully exploited the Paris Opera’s resources, from lavish ballets to the latest ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Giacomo Meyerbeer Les Huguenots Die Hugenotten (2013). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone ...

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. The Bard SummerScape festival has mounted some pretty unlikely ­operas, but this year’s choice seemed particularly rash. ­Meyerbeer’s “Les Huguenots” deals with the 1572 St.

What happened to Giacomo Meyerbeer? After seeing Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable, Chopin proclaimed him to be immortal. His opera Les Huguenots was the first opera to be performed more than 1000 times at ...

A man like Berlioz, who always had a keen relish for anything in the shape of local coloring in art, and who was, upon the whole, so dazzled by the brilliant aspect of Meyerbeer’s genius that his ...

Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots from the Opera Bastille in Paris. Martin Handley presents. Cast Marguerite de Valois ..... Lisette Oropesa, soprano Raoul de Nangis, a Huguenot gentleman ..... Yosep Kang, ...