Héléna
Music by Étienne Méhul · libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly · premiered 1803 · at Salle Feydeau
Héléna is an opera in three acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 1 March 1803. The libretto is by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. It enjoyed 36 performances in the space of 20 months before disappearing from the theatre's repertoire. Bouilly was accused of basing the plot too closely on Cherubini's Les deux journées. According to the musicologist Elizabeth Bartlet, "several scholars have pointed out [that] Beethoven's trumpet call in Fidelio was inspired by Méhul's Héléna".
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About the Composer
Étienne Méhul is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Étienne Méhul
- Euphrosine (1790)
- Adrien (1791)
- Cora (1791)
- Horatius Coclès (1794)
- Doria (1795)
- La taupe et les papillons (1797)
- Ariodant (1799)
- Bion (1800)