Opera in the Repertoire · Classical
L'irato
Music by Étienne Méhul · libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier
L'irato, ou L'emporté (The Angry Man) is an opéra-comique (styled an opéra parade) in one act by the French composer Étienne Méhul with a French-language libretto by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier. It was first performed at the Théâtre Favart in Paris on 17 February 1801. Written in a lighter style than Méhul's operas of the 1790s, L'irato is famous for being part of a deception the composer played on his friend Napoleon Bonaparte.
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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)