Les deux journées

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Les deux journées is an opera by Luigi Cherubini, first performed in 1800, renowned for its dramatic intensity and influence on later French opera.

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instanceOf opera
alternativeTitle Les deux journées, ou Le porteur d’eau
linked to: Les deux journées
associatedMovement French Revolutionary-era theatre
catalogueNote one of Cherubini’s most successful operas
character Antonio
Armand
Constance
Marceline
Mikéli
composer Luigi Cherubini
countryOfOrigin France
creator Luigi Cherubini
firstPerformanceCity Paris
firstPerformanceDate 1800-01-16
firstPerformanceTheatre Théâtre Feydeau
genre rescue opera
hasForm arias
choruses
ensembles
spoken dialogue
historicalContext pre-Revolutionary France
influenced Fidelio
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

French grand opera
operas of Fromental Halévy
operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer
operas of Hector Berlioz
influencedBy French opéra comique tradition
Gluckian dramatic reforms
language French
librettist Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
musicalStyle Classical
early Romantic
notableFor dramatic intensity
influence on later French opera
numberOfActs 3
originalMedium spoken dialogue with musical numbers
performanceHistory frequently revived in the 19th century
premiereLanguage French
reception highly successful at its premiere
settingPeriod 17th century
settingPlace Paris
structure three-act opera
theme loyalty
political persecution
self-sacrifice
titleTranslation The Two Days
workPeriod Classical era

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Luigi Cherubini notableWork Les deux journées
Les deux journées alternativeTitle Les deux journées, ou Le porteur d’eau
linked to: Les deux journées