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Credit: Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, Eugène Cicéri, Philippe Benoist and Adolphe Jean Baptiste Bayot, restored by Adam Cuerden
Robert le diable was one of the defining works of the genre of grand opera, and helped rocket its composer, Giacomo Meyerbeer to fame. "The Ballet of the Nuns" from the third act, pictured here in an illustration of the original production, was additionally greatly influential on the development of ballet.