La vestale
Music by Gaspare Spontini · libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy · premiered 1807 · at Paris Opera
La vestale (The Vestal Virgin) is an opera composed by Gaspare Spontini to a French libretto by Étienne de Jouy. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. It was first performed on 15 December 1807 by the Académie Impériale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Salle Montansier and is regarded as Spontini's masterpiece. The musical style shows the influence of Gluck and anticipates the works of Berlioz, Wagner, and French Grand opera.
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About the Composer
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (14 November 1774 – 24 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor from the late Classical and early Romantic eras. During the first two decades of the 19th century, Spontini was an important figure in French opera, and he composed over twenty works.
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Other Operas by Gaspare Spontini
- Li puntigli delle donne (1796)
- La fuga in maschera (1800)
- Le metamorfosi di Pasquale (1802)
- Julie, ou Le pot de fleurs (1805)
- Fernand Cortez (1809)
- Agnes von Hohenstaufen (1829)