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).
- La muette de Portici, (Auber), premiere 1828: 489 perf.; last in 1882.
- Guillaume Tell, (Rossini), premiere 1829: 911 perf.; last in 1930.
- Robert le diable (Meyerbeer), premiere 1831: 751 perf.; last in 1892; revived in 1984.
- Gustave III (Auber), premiere 1833: 168 perf.; last in 1853
- La Juive (Fromental Halévy), premiere 1835: 534 perf., last in 1934; revived in 2007.
- Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer), premiere 1836: 1120 perf.; last in 1936.
- Stradella (Niedermeyer), premier 1837, last performed (in 3-act form) in 1840.
- Guido et Ginevra (Halévy), premiere 1838, revived in 1840 in 4-act form, revived again in 1870.
- Le lac des fées (Auber), premiere 1839: 30 perf.[1]
- La favorite (originally titled L'ange de Nisida) (Donizetti), premier 1840.
- Les martyrs (French version of Poliuto) (Donizetti), premiere 1840: 20 perf.; last in 1842.
- La reine de Chypre (Halévy), premiere 1841 152 perf.; last in 1878.
- Charles VI (Halévy), premiere 1843 61 perf.; last in 1850.
- Dom Sebastien (Donizetti), premiere 1843: 33 perf.; last in 1849.
- Marie Stuart (Niedermeyer), premiere 1844, last perf. in 1846, revived in 2002.
- Jérusalem (Verdi), premiere 1847: 20 perf.; last in 1849.
- Le prophète (Meyerbeer), premiere 1849: 573 perf.; last in 1912.
- L'enfant prodigue (Auber), premiere 1850
- Les vêpres siciliennes (Verdi), premiere 1855: 81 perf.; last in 1864.
- La reine de Saba (Gounod), premiere 1862: 15 perf.; last in 1862.
- L'Africaine (Meyerbeer), premiere 1865: 484 perf.; last in 1902.
- Don Carlos (Verdi), premiere 1867: 81 perf.; last in 1864.
- Hamlet (Thomas), premiere 1868: 384 perf.; last in 1938.
- Le roi de Lahore (Massenet), premiere 1877: 57 perf.; last in 1879.
- Polyeucte (Gounod), premiere 1878: 29 perf.; last in 1879.
- Henry VIII (Saint-Saëns), premiere 1883: 87 perf.; last in 1919.
- Le cid (Massenet), premiere 1885: 152 perf.; last in 1919.
- Patrie! (Paladilhe), premiere1886: 93 perf.; last in 1919.
References
- 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.