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|{{Hs|Admiral}}''Der Admiral''||||German||||||{{Hs|0000-00-00}}never performed<ref>Becker (1980), 246</ref>||||
|{{Hs|Admiral}}''Der Admiral, oder das verlorne Prozess''||comic opera||German||||||{{Hs|0000-00-00}}never performed<ref>Becker (1980), 246</ref>||||
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|''[[Jephtas Gelübde]]''||||German||3 acts||{{Hs|Schreiber}}Alous Schreiber, based on [[Jephthah]]||{{Hs|1812-12-23}}{{Nowrap|23 December 1812}}||[[Bavarian State Opera|Hoftheater]], Munich||
|''[[Jephtas Gelübde]]''||||German||3 acts||{{Hs|Schreiber}}Aloys Schreiber, based on biblical story of [[Jephthah]]||{{Hs|1812-12-23}}{{Nowrap|23 December 1812}}||[[Bavarian State Opera|Hoftheater]], Munich||
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|''Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst''||||German||2 acts||||{{Hs|1813-01-06}}6 January 1813||Stuttgart||Produced in Vienna in 1814 as ''Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen''
|''Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst''||Lustspiel mit Gesang||German||2 acts||{{Hs|Wollbrück}} J. S. Wollbrück||{{Hs|1813-01-06}}6 January 1813||Stuttgart||Produced in Vienna in 1814 as ''Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen''
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|{{Hs|Brandenburger}}''Das Brandenburger Tor''||||German||1 act||||{{Hs|1814-00-00}}1814||Berlin||
|{{Hs|Brandenburger}}''Das Brandenburger Tor''||[[Singspiel]]||German||1 act||{{Hs|Veith}} S. Veith||{{Hs|1814-00-00}}1814||Berlin||
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|''Romilda e Costanza''||||Italian||||{{Hs|Rossi}}[[Gaetano Rossi]]||{{Hs|1817-07-19}}19 July 1817||Padua||
|''Romilda e Costanza''||||Italian||||{{Hs|Rossi}}[[Gaetano Rossi]]||{{Hs|1817-07-19}}19 July 1817||Padua||

Revision as of 07:13, 30 June 2012

The following is a list of operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864).

Title Genre Language Sub­divisions Libretto Première Theatre Notes
Der Admiral, oder das verlorne Prozess comic opera German never performed[1]
Jephtas Gelübde German 3 acts Aloys Schreiber, based on biblical story of Jephthah 23 December 1812 Hoftheater, Munich
Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst Lustspiel mit Gesang German 2 acts J. S. Wollbrück 6 January 1813 Stuttgart Produced in Vienna in 1814 as Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen
Das Brandenburger Tor Singspiel German 1 act S. Veith 1814 Berlin
Romilda e Costanza Italian Gaetano Rossi 19 July 1817 Padua
Semiramide riconosciuta Italian Gaetano Rossi, after Metastasio.[2] March 1819 Teatro Regio, Turin
Emma di Resburgo Italian Gaetano Rossi 26 June 1819 Teatro San Benedetto, Venice
Margherita d'Anjou melodramma semiserio Italian 2 acts Felice Romani 14 November 1820 Milan
L'Almanzore Italian ? Probably composed 1820–21 intended for Rome but unperformed there. While it is believed to have been unfinished it is also possible that it is an earlier version of L'esule di Granata
L'esule di Granata melodramma Italian 2 acts Felice Romani 12 March 1822 La Scala, Milan
Il crociato in Egitto Italian 2 acts Gaetano Rossi 7 March 1824 La Fenice, Venice Frequently revised by Meyerbeer
Ines de Castro melodramma tragico[3] Italian Salvatore Cammarano[4] unwritten Commissioned by Teatro San Carlo, Naples, for 1826, but never completed.[5][6]
Robert le diable grand opera French 5 acts Eugène Scribe and Casimir Delavigne 21 November 1831 Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier
Les Huguenots grand opera French 5 acts Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps 29 February 1836 Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier Sometimes staged during the 19th century under other titles such as The Guelfs and the Ghibellines or The Anglicans and the Puritans (see the article on the opera)
Ein Feldlager in Schlesien Singspiel German 3 acts Ludwig Rellstab after Eugène Scribe 7 December 1844 Hofoper, Berlin Revised as Vielka, Vienna, 18 February 1847
Le prophète grand opera French 5 acts Eugène Scribe 16 April 1849 Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier
L'étoile du nord opéra comique French 3 acts Eugène Scribe 16 February 1854 Opéra-Comique, Paris Partly based on the earlier Feldlager in Schlesien, revised in Italian, London, Covent Garden, 19 July 1855
Le pardon de Ploërmel (or Dinorah) opéra comique French 3 acts Jules Barbier and Michel Carré 4 April 1859 Opéra-Comique, Paris Revised in Italian as Dinorah, Covent Garden, London, 26 July 1859
L'Africaine grand opera French 5 acts Eugène Scribe 28 April 1865 Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier Performed posthumously

Notes and sources

Notes
  1. ^ Becker (1980), 246
  2. ^ Huebner, 369.
  3. ^ Meyerbeer (1960-2006), II 577
  4. ^ Meyerbeer (1960-2006), II 694
  5. ^ Becker (1989), 39
  6. ^ Meyerbeer (1960-2006), II 577
Sources
  • Becker, Heinz (1980). "Meyerbeer [Meyer Beer], Giacomo [Jakob Liebmann]". In Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 12, 246–256. London: Macmillan
  • Becker, Heinz and Gudrun, tr. Mark Violette (1989). Giacomo Meyerbeer, a Life in Letters. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7470-0230-4.
  • Huebner, Steven (1992). "Meyerbeer, Giacomo". In Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4: 366–371. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-228-9.
  • Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1960-2006). Briefwechsel und Tagebücher (8 vols.). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter.
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