List of operas by Meyerbeer
The following is a list of operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864).
List
| Title | Genre | Language | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première | Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdmiralDer Admiral, oder der verlorne Prozess | comic opera | German | 1811Written 1811, never performed[1] | ||||
| Jephtas Gelübde | Ernsthafte Oper (Singspiel)[2] | German | 3 acts | SchreiberAloys Schreiber, based on the biblical story of Jephthah | 1812-12-2323 December 1812 | Hoftheater, Munich | |
| Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst | Lustspiel mit Gesang | German | 2 acts | Wollbrück J. S. Wollbrück | 1813-01-066 January 1813 | Stuttgart | Produced in Vienna in 1814 as Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen |
| BrandenburgerDas Brandenburger Tor | Singspiel | German | 1 act | Veith S. Veith | 1814-00-001814 | Berlin | |
| Romilda e Costanza | melodramma semiserio[3] | Italian | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1817-07-1919 July 1817 | Padua | ||
| Semiramide riconosciuta | dramma per musica[4] | Italian | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi, after Metastasio[5] | 1819-02-033 February 1819[6] | Teatro Regio, Turin | |
| Emma di Resburgo | melodramma eroico[7] | Italian | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1819-06-2626 June 1819 | Teatro San Benedetto, Venice | ||
| Margherita d'Anjou | melodramma semiserio | Italian | 2 acts | RomaniFelice Romani after René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt | 1820-11-1414 November 1820 | La Scala, Milan | Revised 1826 for Paris. |
| AlmanzoreL'Almanzore | Italian | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1821-00-00Unperformed | Probably composed 1820–21; intended for the Teatro Argentino in Rome but never performed there. Believed to have been unfinished; it is also possible that its music was used in L'esule di Granata | |||
| esuleL'esule di Granata | melodramma | Italian | 2 acts | RomaniFelice Romani | 1822-03-1212 March 1822 | La Scala, Milan | |
| crociatoIl crociato in Egitto | melodramma | Italian | 2 acts | RossiGaetano Rossi | 1824-03-077 March 1824 | La Fenice, Venice | Frequently revised by Meyerbeer |
| Ines de Castro | melodramma tragico[8] | Italian | CammaranoSalvatore Cammarano[9] | 1825 drafts from 1825 | Commissioned by Teatro San Carlo, Naples, for 1826, but never completed.[10][11] | ||
| diableRobert le diable | grand opera | French | 5 acts | ScribeEugène Scribe and Casimir Delavigne | 1831-11-2121 November 1831 | Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier | |
| HuguenotsLes Huguenots | grand opera | French | 5 acts | ScribeEugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps | 1836-02-2929 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) |
| FeldlagerEin Feldlager in Schlesien | Singspiel | German | 3 acts | RellstabLudwig Rellstab after Eugène Scribe | 1844-12-077 December 1844 | Hofoper, Berlin | Revised as Vielka, Vienna, 18 February 1847 |
| propheteLe prophète | grand opera | French | 5 acts | ScribeEugène Scribe | 1849-04-1616 April 1849 | Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier | |
| etoileL'étoile du nord | opéra comique | French | 3 acts | ScribeEugène Scribe | 1854-02-1616 February 1854 | Opéra-Comique, Paris | Partly based on the earlier Feldlager in Schlesien; revised in Italian, London, Covent Garden, 19 July 1855 |
| pardonLe pardon de Ploërmel (or Dinorah) | opéra comique | French | 3 acts | BarbierJules Barbier and Michel Carré | 1859-04-044 April 1859 | Opéra-Comique, Paris | Revised in Italian as Dinorah, Covent Garden, London, 26 July 1859 |
| AfricaineL'Africaine | grand opera | French | 5 acts | ScribeEugène Scribe | 1865-04-2828 April 1865 | Paris Opéra, Salle Le Peletier | Performed posthumously in an edition by François-Joseph Fétis. |
Notes and sources
Giacomo Meyerbeer surrounded by characters from his most famous operas. From left to right: Nélusko and Sélika (L'Africaine); Alice, Robert and Bertram (Robert le diable); Fidès, Jean de Leyden and the three anabaptistes (Le prophète); Valentine, Raoul and Marcel (Les Huguenots)
- Notes
- 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.
- Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2006). The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Cranbury: Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-8386-4093-7
- Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1960-2006). Briefwechsel und Tagebücher (8 vols.). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter.
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