Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
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Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète Context triple: [Salle Le Peletier, hostedPremiereOf, Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète]
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Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
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Auber
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Target entity: Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète Target entity description: Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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A.
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, renowned for its spectacular staging, demanding vocal writing, and depiction of religious conflict during the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
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B.
Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage
Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage is the second, Carthage-set part of Hector Berlioz’s grand opera *Les Troyens*, focusing on the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas.
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C.
Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.
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D.
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version)
Gounod’s Faust (Paris version) is the revised French grand opera adaptation of Goethe’s Faust that became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the 19th-century operatic repertoire.
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E.
Auber
Auber is a major underground RER and metro station in central Paris, located near the Opéra Garnier and serving as a key hub in the city’s transit network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | grand opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of John of Leiden ⓘ |
| catalogueStatus | part of Meyerbeer’s major operatic output ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Jean de Leyde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
political upheaval
ⓘ
religious fanaticism ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Paris Opéra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1836 ⓘ |
| containsBallet | yes ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | conflict between personal loyalty and religious zeal ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Brandus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | L’Africaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | grand opéra ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-French Revolution Europe ⓘ |
| historicalReception | major success at its premiere ⓘ |
| influenced | late 19th-century French grand opera staging ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
Eugène Scribe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Émile Deschamps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
innovative orchestration
ⓘ
large-scale choral scenes ⓘ spectacular staging requirements ⓘ |
| notableNumber |
Coronation scene
ⓘ
Skaters’ ballet ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Berthe (soprano)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fidès (mezzo-soprano) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean de Leyde (tenor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zacharie (bass) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 5 ⓘ |
| operaHouseType | Paris Grand Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestration | large Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often heavily cut in modern productions ⓘ |
| precededBy | Les Huguenots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1849-04-16 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre |
Opéra de Paris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salle Le Peletier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
abuse of prophetic authority
ⓘ
religious radicalism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Anabaptist rebellion in Münster ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| vocalForces | soloists, large chorus, children’s chorus ⓘ |
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Subject: Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète Description of subject: Meyerbeer’s *Le Prophète* is a grand French opera in five acts, first performed in 1849, renowned for its large-scale choral scenes, innovative orchestration, and dramatic portrayal of religious fanaticism and political upheaval.
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