Le loup-garou
Music by Louise Bertin · libretto by Eugène Scribe · premiered 1827 · at Salle Feydeau
Le loup-garou (The Werewolf) is a 19th-century opéra comique in one act in French with music by Louise Bertin and a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères. The work is a comedy inspired by the fairy tale of "Beauty and the Beast". It was first performed on March 10, 1827 by the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The opera was the second of Bertin's four operas and the first to be performed publicly. Scribe was a prolific writer, working on over one-hundred operas, most notably collaborating with Daniel Auber on thirty-nine operas.
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About the Composer
Louise Bertin is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Louise Bertin
- Fausto (1831)
- La Esmeralda (1831)