Guido et Ginevra
Music by Fromental Halévy · libretto by Eugène Scribe · premiered 1838 · at Paris Opera
Guido et Ginevra, ou La Peste de Florence (French: Guido and Ginevra, or the Plague at Florence) is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to a libretto by Eugène Scribe. It was premiered on 5 March 1838 by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier.
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About the Composer
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (French: [fʁɔmɑ̃tal alevi]; 27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French opera composer, widely regarded in his lifetime as one of the central figures of 19th-century French music. A student of Luigi Cherubini, he achieved his first major triumph with La Juive (1835), a cornerstone of the grand opéra repertoire, and which Gustav Mahler considered one of the greatest operas ever written. The 368th performance of La Juive inaugurated the new Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier, in 1875. Halévy's bust stands on the façade, with the inscription "Poésie lyrique" above it. During the following two decades, Halévy became a…
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Other Operas by Fromental Halévy
- L'artisan (1827)
- Clari (1828)
- L'Éclair (1835)
- La Juive (1835)
- La reine de Chypre (1841)
- Charles VI (1843)
- La magicienne (1858)
- Jaguarita l'Indienne (1863)