G. Meyerbeer

G. Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer of Jewish birth, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera 'decisive character'. Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition. These were employed in the context of sensational and melodramatic libretti created by Eugène Scribe and were enhanced by the up-to-date theatre technology of the Paris Opéra. They set a standard which helped to maintain Paris as the opera capital of the nineteenth century.

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G. Meyerbeer
  • Il crociato in Egitto (2007)

    Il crociato in Egitto by G. Meyerbeer, from Venezia Teatro La Fenice, 2007. Directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, conductor Emmanuel Villaume, starring Patrizia Ciofi, Michael Maniaci, Laura Polverelli, Fernando Portari, Marco Vinco, Silvia Pasini, Iorio Zennaro, Emanuele Pedrini and Luca Favaron. Perfor...

  • Margherita d'Anjou (2017)

    Margherita d'Anjou by G.Meyerbeer, from Festival della Valle d'Itria, performed at Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, 2017.Directed by Alessandro Talevi, conductor Fabio Luisi, starring Lorenzo Izzo, Giulia De Blasis, Arcangelo Carbotti, Anton Rositskiy, Gaia Petrone, Bastian Thomas Kohl, Laurence M...