By 1837, Giacomo Meyerbeer was the star composer of the Paris Opéra. He had premiered his opera Robert le diable there in 1831. It was a sensational success, but Meyerbeer outdid himself with his next opera, Les Huguenot, which had premiered at Paris in the spring of 1836. […] Click here to continue reading a transcript of this podcast.
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| Meyerbeer, “Hör ich das Liedchen Klingen”, “Scirocco”, “La Folle de St. Joseph”, “Chant de Mai”  |
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| Meyerbeer, “Komm du Schönes Fischermädchen”, “Menschenfeindlich”   |
Meyerbeer, “Mina (Lied des Venezianischen Gondoliers)”  |
| Meyerbeer, “La Fille de l’Air”  |
Meyerbeer, “La Marguerite du Poète”   |
| Hensel, “Die Schiffende”, “Wanderlied”  |
Hensel, “Bright Be the Place of Thy Soul”, “Farewell”  |
| Hensel, “Warum Sind Denn Die Rosen So Blaß?”  |
Hensel, “Ach, Die Augen Sind Es Wieder”  |
| Hensel, “Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai”   |
Hensel, “Sprich, O Sprich”   |
| Hensel, selections from her unpublished 1837 piano cycle   |
Heinrich, The Ornithological Combat of Kings, or The Condor of the Andes and the Eagle of the Cordilleras   |
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