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Angelo, tyran de Padoue

Music by Alfred Bruneau · libretto by Charles Méré

Angelo, tyran de Padoue is a 1928 opera by Alfred Bruneau, with a libretto by Charles Méré, based on the 1835 play Angelo, Tyrant of Padua by Victor Hugo.

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About the Composer

Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau (3 March 1857 – 15 June 1934) was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera.

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