List of performances of French grand operas at the Paris Opéra
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The following list gives number of performances of grand opera at the Paris Opera from premiere to 1962, (as given by Stéphane Wolff, Albert Soubies and other sources).
| Work | Premiere | Number of performances | Last performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La muette de Portici, (Auber) | 1828 | 489 | 1882 |
| Guillaume Tell, (Rossini) | 1829 | 911 | 1930 |
| Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) | 1831 | 751 | 1892; revived in 1984 |
| Gustave III (Auber) | 1833 | 168 | 1853 |
| La Juive (Fromental Halévy) | 1835 | 534 | 1934; revived in 2007 |
| Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) | 1836 | 1120 | 1936; revived in 2018 |
| Stradella (Niedermeyer) | 1837 | 1840 (in 3-act form) | |
| Guido et Ginevra (Halévy) | 1838 | revived in 1840 (in 4-act form); revived again in 1870 | |
| Le lac des fées (Auber) | 1839 | 30 [1] | |
| La favorite (originally titled L'ange de Nisida) (Donizetti) | 1840 | ||
| Les martyrs (French version of Poliuto) (Donizetti) | 1840 | 20 | 1842 |
| La reine de Chypre (Halévy) | 1841 | 152 | 1878 |
| Charles VI (Halévy) | 1843 | 61 | 1850 |
| Dom Sébastien (Donizetti) | 1843 | 33 | 1849 |
| Marie Stuart (Niedermeyer) | 1844 | 1846; revived in 2002 | |
| Jérusalem (Verdi) | 1847 | 20 | 1849 |
| Le prophète (Meyerbeer) | 1849 | 573 | 1912 |
| L'enfant prodigue (Auber) | 1850 | ||
| Les vêpres siciliennes (Verdi) | 1855 | 81 | 1864 |
| La reine de Saba (Gounod) | 1862 | 15 | 1862 |
| L'Africaine (Meyerbeer) | 1865 | 484 | 1902 |
| Don Carlos (Verdi) | 1867 | 81 | 1864 |
| Hamlet (Thomas) | 1868 | 384 | 1938 |
| Le roi de Lahore (Massenet) | 1877 | 57 | 1879 |
| Polyeucte (Gounod) | 1878 | 29 | 1879 |
| Henry VIII (Saint-Saëns) | 1883 | 87 | 1919 |
| Le Cid (Massenet) | 1885 | 152 | 1919 |
| Patrie! (Paladilhe) | 1886 | 93 | 1919 |
References[edit]
- Soubies, Albert. Soixante-sept Ans a L'Opéra en une Page, 1826–1893; Paris, 1893;
- Wolff, Stephane. L'Opéra au Palais Garnier 1875–1962; Paris n.d. but probably 1963
- ^ Charlton, David. The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera, p. 187, available online at Google Books.