La Juive
Music by Fromental Halévy · libretto by Eugène Scribe · premiered 1835 · at Salle Le Peletier
La Juive (French pronunciation: [la ʒɥiv], lit. 'The Jewess') is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe; it was first performed at the Opéra de Paris, on 23 February 1835.
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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)
- Guido et Ginevra (1838)
- La reine de Chypre (1841)
- Charles VI (1843)
- La magicienne (1858)
- Jaguarita l'Indienne (1863)