Ali Baba
Music by Luigi Cherubini · libretto by Mélesville · premiered 1833 · at Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique
Ali Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs is a tragédie lyrique in four acts plus a prologue, with libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville and music by Luigi Cherubini. The story is based on the tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (One Thousand and One Nights). It was premiered by the Paris Opera in the Salle Le Peletier on 22 July 1833. It was Cherubini's last opera, though he lived for nearly a decade longer. It is also his longest opera, lasting for about three and a half hours at the premiere. Some of the music was adapted and rewritten from his Koukourgi (written in 1793, but unproduced; first performed in 2010).
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About the Composer
Luigi Cherubini is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Luigi Cherubini
- Démophoon (1788)
- Koukourgi (1792)
- Eliza (1794)
- L'hôtellerie portugaise (1798)
- Le crescendo (1800)
- Anacréon (1803)
- Faniska (1803)