Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Les_Huguenots_(Meyerbeer)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:French_Wars_of_Religion
gptkbp:category	Operas based on real people Operas set in France 1836 operas French-language operas Grand operas Operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer Operas set in the 16th century
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Giacomo_Meyerbeer
gptkbp:duration	approximately 4 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed	gptkb:Adolphe_Nourrit gptkb:Nicolas_Levasseur gptkb:Cornélie_Falcon gptkb:Julie_Dorus-Gras
gptkbp:genre	grand opera
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:St._Bartholomew's_Day_Massacre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Richard_Wagner gptkb:Giuseppe_Verdi
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Eugène_Scribe
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Marcel gptkb:Marguerite_de_Valois gptkb:Valentine gptkb:Raoul_de_Nangis
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Bénédiction_des_poignards gptkb:O_beau_pays_de_la_Touraine gptkb:Plus_blanche_que_la_blanche_hermine
gptkbp:notableFor	historical subject matter demanding vocal parts influence on grand opera tradition large scale ensembles spectacular staging
gptkbp:notableProduction	gptkb:La_Scala_1848 gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_1915 gptkb:Royal_Opera_House_1842
gptkbp:notableRecording	gptkb:EMI_1990_(June_Anderson,_Danielle_Borst,_Richard_Leech,_conducted_by_Cyril_Diederich) gptkb:Decca_1969_(Joan_Sutherland,_Martina_Arroyo,_Anastasios_Vrenios,_Gabriel_Bacquier,_conducted_by_Richard_Bonynge)
gptkbp:numberOfActs	5
gptkbp:premiereDate	1836-02-29
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Paris_Opéra
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Schlesinger
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:France
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Faure
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6