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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
Cover of sheet music for “Sadie Salome, Go Home.” Fanny Brice (1891–1951) was born Fania Borach in New York City to immigrants from Hungary and Alsace respectively. Getting her break in entertainment…
The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
Born near Mumpf, Switzerland, Rachel (born Elisa-Rachel) Félix (1821–1858) was a prominent French actress. Her parents worked as peddlers, and, as a child, she performed music alongside her sister…
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868) achieved celebrity first as an actress, later gaining some literary following for her poetry. Uncertainty surrounds Menken’s family history, as she claimed various…
Le prophète (The Prophet) is a grand opera in five acts based on the life of John of Leiden, a sixteenth-century Anabaptist leader. It premiered in Paris in 1849 and was soon being performed in London…
Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba) is Karl Goldmark’s most famous opera. Premiering in Vienna in 1875, its imaginative plot revolves around a love triangle involving the Queen of Sheba, Assad…
This sketch for a costume was made for the role of Jitka in Dalibor, a Czech opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana, first performed in 1868. The plot centers on the story of a Czech knight, Dalibor…
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an opéra bouffe (French comic opera), composed by Jacques Offenbach when his career was at its height. It premiered in 1867 and had performances at the Paris…
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel wrote numerous songs, piano compositions, cantatas, and other musical works, which were not published in her lifetime. The illustration on this hand-written manuscript…
